LEADER 03597nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910779431403321 005 20230803020303.0 010 $a0-8135-6069-1 010 $a1-299-20200-4 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813560694 035 $a(CKB)2550000001003209 035 $a(EBL)1132215 035 $a(OCoLC)829460103 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000832884 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11414368 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000832884 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10899411 035 $a(PQKB)10439672 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1132215 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse25515 035 $a(DE-B1597)526483 035 $a(OCoLC)834620373 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813560694 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1132215 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10661892 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL451450 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001003209 100 $a20120611d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Circassian genocide$b[electronic resource] /$fWalter Richmond 210 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. ;$aLondon $cRutgers University Press$dc2013 215 $a1 online resource (229 p.) 225 0 $aGenocide, Political Violence, Human Rights 225 0$aGenocide, political violence, human rights series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8135-6068-3 311 $a0-8135-6067-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- "The plague was our ally" -- A pawn in the great game -- From war to genocide -- 1864 -- A homeless nation -- Survival in diaspora -- Those who stayed behind -- The road to Sochi -- Epilogue. The Cherkesov affair. 330 $aCircassia was a small independent nation on the northeastern shore of the Black Sea. For no reason other than ethnic hatred, over the course of hundreds of raids the Russians drove the Circassians from their homeland and deported them to the Ottoman Empire. At least 600,000 people lost their lives to massacre, starvation, and the elements while hundreds of thousands more were forced to leave their homeland. By 1864, three-fourths of the population was annihilated, and the Circassians had become one of the first stateless peoples in modern history. Using rare archival materials, Walter Richmond chronicles the history of the war, describes in detail the final genocidal campaign, and follows the Circassians in diaspora through five generations as they struggle to survive and return home. He places the periods of acute genocide, 1821-1822 and 1863-1864, in the larger context of centuries of tension between the two nations and updates the story to the present day as the Circassian community works to gain international recognition of the genocide as the region prepares for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, the site of the Russians' final victory. 410 0$aGenocide, political violence, human rights series. 606 $aCircassians$zRussia (Federation)$zCaucasus, Northern$xHistory 606 $aGenocide$zRussia (Federation)$zCaucasus, Northern$xHistory 607 $aRussia$xRelations$zRussia (Federation)$zCaucasus, Northern 607 $aCaucasus, Northern (Russia)$xRelations$zRussia 615 0$aCircassians$xHistory. 615 0$aGenocide$xHistory. 676 $a947.08/1 700 $aRichmond$b Walter$01528843 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779431403321 996 $aThe Circassian genocide$93772718 997 $aUNINA