Abkhazia's carefree atmosphere, the growing and vibrant Russian region of Krasnodar transition was very abrupt. Even when viewed from the border area of the region can be seen to be congested: attached to each other stores, endless traffic queues and keep the car filled to the brim of a huge infrastructure. As usual, all the police forces in an immanent or watching everything or nothing. We have barely Adler, a huge billboard on the left side, the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics will take place at facilities heavily've seen announcements of ongoing work.
The narrow road twisted between mountains and sea, the army entered the district for tourism is inadequate. Officially, only the Sochi region is approximately 4.5 million tourists visiting the Black Sea coast. 300 km to the north along the coast Anapa'ya on which days, hours, and perhaps regardless of weather conditions which led to traffic jams that were scattered attractions. Vladimir Putin, for the Olympic Games to ensure adequate development of Russia will allocate 12 billion dollars in infrastructure promised the International Olympic Committee. However, inside a former interior minister,also a Russian dissident politicians, and this money, corruption, organized crime and a lack of snow will turn into a disaster for the games they argue has been wasted.
Moreover, infrastructure, Sochi 2014 Olympic games, only one of the problems uncovered. Russian authorities in 2008 in a brutal violation of the rights of Tibetans accused China are faced with a similar situation. Disturbingly, China, Tibet, Olympics did not attempt to perform. Sochi Olympic Games opening ceremony and in the year, Krasnaya Polyana, Europe's first genocide of modern times and has since lived in exile for a generation of people, deported from the country 150 is equivalent to the year. This community, for the conquest of the Caucasus more than 100 years after a war, 1864'de to the Black Sea by the Russian Tsarist army Çerkeslerdir compressed. Circassians, and they need to trade that cut the flow of materials, preparing their end, a row between the Russian fortress of Anapa to Sukhumi today are turned into tourist resorts.
More than a million Circassians, remarkably similar to the massive Soviet deportasyonlarına the Ottoman Empire was driven by an operation. Around 300 000 people drowned in the sea or in exile where they died of starvation or sickness. Most of the survivors, Turkey, Jordan, Syria and Israel were placed. Some Circassian families, Bulgaria, Romania and Kosovo until they went. Today, nearly five million Circassians living in the world: 500,000 people over the Circassian, Krasnodar, Stavropol, North Ossetia and three republics were created artificially, Adygea, Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Circassians living. Although members of the same people separated were mixed with other peoples and their names were given varying according to region: the Circassians, Kabardin, Shapsugs and Adyghe.
When I set out from Romania did not know anything about the Circassians. Circassians in Sochi Olympic Games protestwas heard in Ankara and at the end where I've used as a source of primary documentation Bullough'un Oliver (British journalist), a new book,I discovered. Among the recommended resources in the book, later to provide contact information a web site I visited was the Circassian community. My message to Ankara in less than half the day arrived, and again there Nalçik'e Sochi. The same evening, we met with representatives of the local Circassian organizations and relatives have agreed to meet in a village the next day.
Murat and Salih, a Circassian village near Sochi in the two young men were born in 30 years. Şapsıg size of an association established by, the members XASE'nin. Murat, marketing, Salih has worked in the energy imports. Learned in school history both false: There once was but at one point that the Circassians were just passing through 'on the table and left it a said. Salih, who saved me from all mobile phone old Circassia maps, symbols, flags and showed pictures of commemoration. , Said the power of the people, everyone knows by heart up to seven generations of his family lies in the past. I bought in London, and many important details about their history of Salih who was very interested in books. I offered him to buy the book.
The Russian government is very angry reaction to such issues, especially in the Caucasian republics. Therefore, Hase organizations 'genocide' is official recognition of the term, not death and exile of the people of Circassian history of events leading to the persistent recognition. In addition, the Circassians have long been the other Olympic logos in Sochi Circassian are demanding the use of symbols. Other groups from other regions on issues have a much more radical views: Cherkessia Republic and the establishment of the Olympic games they want to cancel.
July 19, 2010, Monday
Author: Stefan Candea
Photos: Petrut Calinescu
Source: Around the Black Sea
Translation: Shumaf Sencer
