Circassia

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Circassia, also known as Cherkessia in Russian, is a region in Caucasia. Historically it comprised the coast and all the interior of the current Krasnodar Territory, Stavropol Territory, but now only refers to a portion of the Karachay-Cherkessia Republic, Adyghe Republic and Kabardey-Balkar Republic of the Russian Federation.

The historical region is named after the traditional inhabitants, the Circassians (they prefer Adyghe or Adiga), who now make up only a small minority of the population of the area. A larger population is in the tiny Republic of Adygea of the Russian Federation which is entirely surrounded by Krasnodar Krai.

The Circassian diaspora who were expelled from the historical Circassia in the late 19th Century after a series of uprisings against Russian Imperial rule are found in various areas of the old Ottoman Empire. There are also large communities in Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, community in Kosovo (until they were repatriated in 1998, after receiving threats from the ethnic Albanian Kosovo Liberation Army[1]), Egypt (Circassians were part of the Mamluk armies), Israel (in the villages of Kfar Kama and Rihaniya, since 1880) and as far afield as Upstate New York and New Jersey.

See also

Caucasia may refer to:
  • Caucasus, geographic region of Eurasia
  • Caucasia, Antioquia, a municipality in Colombia
  • Caucasia, a book by Danzy Senna
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Краснода́? (Russian)

Tram in Krasnodar

Krasnodar krai on the map of Russia
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Circassia, also known as Cherkessia in Russian, is a region in Caucasia. Historically it comprised the coast and all the interior of the current Krasnodar Territory, Stavropol Territory, but now only refers to a portion of the Karachay-Cherkessia
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Adyghe may refer to:
  • Adyghe people, a people of the northwest Caucasus region
  • Adyghe language, the language of the Adyghe people
  • Adyghe Autonomous Oblast, an autonomous oblast of the Russian SFSR which existed from 1922 to 1991

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The Kabardian language is closely related to the Adyghe language (see Adyghe people), both members of the Northwest Caucasian language family, mainly spoken in Kabardino-Balkar Republic and Karachay-Cherkess Republic of Russia (the native territories) and in Turkey and the
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Anthem
Hymn of the Russian Federation


Capital
(and largest city) Moscow

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Circassians is a term derived from the Turkic Cherkess (Çerkes), and is not the self-designation of any people. It has sometimes been applied indiscriminately to all the peoples of the North Caucasus.
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Adyghe or Adygs are a people of the northwest Caucasus region, principally inhabiting Adygeya (23%) (now a constituent republic of the Russian Federation) and Karachay-Cherkessia (11%) (where they are named as "Cherkes").
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Республика Адыге?
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Anthem
Hymn of the Russian Federation


Capital
(and largest city) Moscow

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Краснодарский кра?
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The 19th Century (also written XIX century) lasted from 1801 through 1900 in the Gregorian calendar. It is often referred to as the "1800s.
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Russian-Circassian War was the period of hostilities between the Russian Empire and the inhabitants of Circassia during the Russian invasion and occupation of the Circassian region.
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Ottoman Empire or Ottoman Caliphate (1299 to 1922) (Old Ottoman Turkish: دولت عالیه عثمانیه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish:
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Motto
Yurtta Sulh, Cihanda Sulh
Peace at Home, Peace in the World
Anthem
İstiklâl Marşı
The Anthem of Independence
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Anthem
Homat el Diyar
Guardians of the Land


Capital
(and largest city) Damascus

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Motto
Kūllūnā li-l-waṭan, li-l-'ula wa-l-'alam   (Arabic)
"Nous sommes tous pour le pays, la sublimation et le drapeau!"
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Anthem
عاش المليك
The Royal Anthem of Jordan
   ("As-salam al-malaki al-urdoni") 1
Long live the King
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Capital Priština (Prishtin)
Official languages Albanian, Serbian, English
Ethnic groups (2007) 92% Albanians
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19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1960s  1970s  1980s  - 1990s -  2000s  2010s  2020s
1995 1996 1997 - 1998 - 1999 2000 2001

Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII
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The Kosovo Liberation Army or KLA (Albanian: Ushtria Çlirimtare e Kosovës or UÇK) was an ethnic Albanian paramilitary extremist group which sought independence for the province of Kosovo from Yugoslavia and Serbia in the late 1990s.
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A mamluk (Arabic: مملوك (singular), مماليك (plural), "owned"; also transliterated mameluk, mameluke, or mamluke
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Anthem
Hatikvah
The Hope


Capital
(and largest city) Jerusalem

Official languages Hebrew, Arabic
Demonym Israeli
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Kfar Kama
כפר כמ?
Location of Kfar Kama
Country Israel
District North
Founded 1876
Area
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18th century - 19th century - 20th century
1850s  1860s  1870s  - 1880s -  1890s  1900s  1910s
1877 1878 1879 - 1880 - 1881 1882 1883

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Subjects:     Archaeology - Architecture -
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Upstate New York is the region of New York State north of the core of the New York metropolitan area. It has a population of 7,121,911 out of New York State's total 18,976,457. Were it an independent state, it would be ranked 13th by population.
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State of New Jersey

Flag of New Jersey Seal
Nickname(s): Garden State[1]
Motto(s): Liberty and prosperity

Official language(s) English de facto

Capital Trenton

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Circassians is a term derived from the Turkic Cherkess (Çerkes), and is not the self-designation of any people. It has sometimes been applied indiscriminately to all the peoples of the North Caucasus.
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