Due to the importance of the subject presented by Ruslan Keshev at the conference that was held in Tbilisi on November 19-21 - 2010, Radio-Adiga posts Keshev’s presentation fully so everyone could enrich his knowledge.
Presentation "Sochi: The Circassian Viewpoint” at the Second International Conference "Hidden Nations, Enduring Crimes: The North Caucasus Between Past and Future,” Tbilisi, November 19-21, 2010, by Ruslan Keshev from the chapter of the international non-governmental organization Circassian Congress located in Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria
Russian Empire’s Conquest of Circassia: [1763-1864] By May of 1864 only about 5 percent of Circassian population is left in the Caucasus.
1920s: The Soviet division of Circassians into four peoples: Adygheans, Kabardins, Circassians, and Shapsughs.
The Soviet Autonomies Granted to Circassians:
1. Circassian (Adyghean) Autonomous Oblast. Center – Krasnodar, since 1936 – Maikop. 2. Circassian Autonomous District. Center – Cherkessk. In 1957 merged with Karachai into Karachai-Circassian Autonomous Oblast. 3. Kabardin Autonomous ...
SOCHI, Krasnodar Region – Officials and developers claim they are taking good care of the local flora and fauna as work quickens on new Olympic sites and roads, but local activists are alarmed by effects they see on the environment.
As part of its responsibilities, Gazprom Sotsinvest, the gas firm’s subsidiary in charge of Olympic construction at Krasnaya Polyana, has resettled 288 rare species of animals, including Asia Minor frogs, to protect local wildlife. Or so it says.
"We regularly carry out some compensation activities, resettling rare animals and rare plants from the area of construction, as we recognise the uniqueness of the region’s ecosystem,” Gazprom Sotsinvest said in a statement.
But despite the Sochi Olympic Committee trying to promote the green face of the Games by holding the Green Carnation eco-film festival in the city last weekend, some local residents are not very excited ...
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