The head of the executed man thought, saw, suffered. And I saw what he saw, understood what he thought, and felt what he suffered. How long did it last? Three minutes, they told me. The executed man ...
May 21, the Circassian Day of Mourning… The Circassians, an indigenous people of the Caucasus region, resisted the invasion attempts of Tsarist Russia for nearly 300 years. On May 21, 1864, Tsarist ...
On 21 May each year, Circassians around the world honor their ancestors who perished in the course of the Russian Empire's war of conquest against them. The 101-year struggle culminated in the mass ...
Of the myriad controversies surrounding the upcoming Olympics, one that’s gotten relatively little attention—at least outside Russia—is the ongoing campaign against the games by the global Circassian ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Last week, Maykop was deserted as most people hid from the freezing rain pelting this quiet town in southern ...