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The Circassian genocide [[electronic resource] /] / Walter Richmond



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Autore: Richmond Walter Visualizza persona
Titolo: The Circassian genocide [[electronic resource] /] / Walter Richmond Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New Brunswick, N.J. ; ; London, : Rutgers University Press, c2013
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (229 p.)
Disciplina: 947.08/1
Soggetto topico: Circassians - Russia (Federation) - Caucasus, Northern - History
Genocide - Russia (Federation) - Caucasus, Northern - History
Soggetto geografico: Russia Relations Russia (Federation) Caucasus, Northern
Caucasus, Northern (Russia) Relations Russia
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- "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.
Sommario/riassunto: Circassia 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.
Titolo autorizzato: The Circassian genocide  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8135-6069-1
1-299-20200-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910453104703321
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Serie: Genocide, political violence, human rights series.