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How did the Russian Empire wipe Circassia off the map, turning a warrior people into a dispersed diaspora? The story of one colonization—from the first fortresses on the Terek River and the Caucasian War to the Sochi Olympics and bans on language and memory in Putin's Russia. If you enjoyed this episode, support our podcast with a donation: https://campsite.bio/echofm ━━━ 🎙 ━━━ Where it came from. Essays on the history of empire—an Echo project about how the empire expanded and what happened to the peoples who became part of it. In this series of essays, we discuss the Komi, Tatars, Bashkorts, Circassians, Karelians, and the peoples of Chukotka. ━━━ 🎙 ━━━ Read the full text of the episode on the Echo website: https://echofm.online/programs/otkuda... 00:00 — Beginning 00:28 — The World of Circassian Societies before Russia's Arrival 04:05 — First Alliances with Russia and "Neutral" Kabarda 08:48 — The Beginning of the Russo-Caucasian War and the Colonization of the Steppes 12:24 — Crimea, the Nogais, and the First Uprisings 17:20 — The Devastation of Kabarda 19:07 — The Pressure of Empires and the Image of the Caucasus in Russian Culture 24:18 — Sefer Bey and the European Factor 38:19 — Attempt to unite the North Caucasus and the Circassians in the Crimean War 47:20 — Alexander II's ultimatum, the parade at Krasnaya Polyana, and mass emigration 56:10 — Expulsion 59:27 — The Mountain Republic, Soviet autonomies, and the division of the Circassian people 01:08:48 — World War II and the late USSR 01:11:19 — Post-Soviet times A current link to the mirror site (for accessing from Russia without a VPN) on the ECHO FM Telegram channel: https://t.me/echofm_online You will also find opinions, program transcripts, translations of materials from the foreign press, and much more. Echo Online app – 24/7 broadcast: https://echofm.onelink.me/yH6x/gx5ywe7g Listen on other platforms: https://podcast.ru/1856825363 #history #echo #kurnikov