The Russian Trail of Tears | The Circassian Genocide

The Circassian genocide is a forgotten atrocity which saw the near eradication of a people. This film attempts to show what has rarely been shown. Timestamps: History of Circassia: 00:04:12 History of Russia: 00:10:58 Early Russo-Circassian interactions: 00:14:49 Russo-Kabardian war: 00:22:25 Russia and Western Circassians: 00:26:10 Circassian relations with Britain: 00:27:48 Circassia in the 1840s and 1850s: 00:31:40 Crimean war: 00:34:34 Final war and mass deportation: 00:37:51 Circassian refugees after the deportation: 00:51:21 Remaining Circassians in Russia: 00:59:26 Memory of the Genocide: 01:04:58 Bibliography: Books The Circassian Genocide (Walter Richmond, 2013) Hidden Genocides (Alexander Laban Hilton, 2014) Circassian History (Kadir Natho, 2009) A short history of Russia (Mark Galleotti, 2021) Articles RadioFreeEurope | Georgia Recognizes Russian ‘Genocide’ of Ethnic Circassians. (20/05/2011) https://www.rferl.org/a/georgia_recog... ReliefWeb | Russia and Georgia: The Circassian Question. (10/11/2010) https://reliefweb.int/report/georgia/... Websites Circassian Repatriation Organization | https://www.croworld.org/library-2/bo... Music: Music Kevin Macleod | Imcompetech - Crypto, Devastation and Revenge, Stay the Course, Drums of the Deep, Serpentine Trek. Supreme Commander - Followers of the Way, We are Cybran Razors, Risk Relief and Victory. Richard Wagner - Lohengrin Rule Britannia (Instrumental) Frederick Chopin - Nocturne No.20 in C sharp minor Basso Profondo - Blessed is the man who seeks no council among the impious If you wish to contact me personally, email [email protected]