NORTH CAUCASUS

NOV 27

Jamestown Foundation: Circassian Congress Calls For Unification Of Circassian Republics In North Caucasus

posted by Fatima Tlisova on November 27, 2008 9:40 AM as NORTH CAUCASUS

Circassian Congress Calls for Unification of Circassian Republics in North Caucasus

Publication: North Caucasus Weekly Volume: 9 Issue: 45

November 27, 2008 01:41 AM Age: 17 hrs

Category: North Caucasus Weekly, The Caucasus, North Caucasus

By: Fatima Tlisova

An extraordinary congress of Circassian people took place on Sunday, November 23, in Cherkessk, the capital of the North Caucasus republic of Karachaevo-Cherkessia. The congress date had been announced and rescheduled several times. Several days ...

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JAN 18

Astemirov Strikes Back: Background and Implications of the Kyarov Assassination in Kabardino-Balkaria

posted by Fatima Tlisova on January 18, 2008 11:52 PM as NORTH CAUCASUS

Astemirov Strikes Back: Background and Implications of the Kyarov Assassination in Kabardino-Balkaria

By Fatima Tlisova

Before his assassination in Nalchik last Saturday (see Eurasia Daily Monitor, January 14), Colonel Anatoly Kyarov was in charge of a special unit that targeted the leader of the Kabardino-Balkarian section of the Caucasus front Anzor Astemirov (aka Seifullah). Kyarov’s unit was an independent operation, with its own designated ...

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JUL 22

IWPR: Balkars Cling To Alpine Lifestyle

posted by Fatima Tlisova on July 22, 2004 5:10 AM as NORTH CAUCASUS

21-Jul-04

Balkars Cling to Alpine Lifestyle

A North Caucasian mountain village defies the modern age, getting by on subsistence farming and knitting.

By Fatima Tlisova in Verkhnaya Balkaria (CRS No. 243, 21-Jul-04)

The road from Nalchik to Verkhnaya Balkaria, a village high up in the mountains of Kabardino-Balkaria, is not for the faint-hearted. To the left tower cliffs with huge overhanging rocks that threaten to come crashing down at any moment, and to the ...

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