Tbilisi looks much like Turin or other of the beautiful cities in Northern Italy. Only it is poorer. The capital of Georgia sits amid hills, lush valleys and flowing rivers. Old reconstructed houses are lodged into bare mountains. New commercial avenues mix with horrible remnants of Soviet architecture and marvelous Byzantine churches, some dating from the 4th century, along with other visible symbols and signs of the feudal past. Still emerging from the shadow of communism, and a shabby war with its Russian neighbor, Tbilisi hosted a remarkable conference – "Hidden Nations, Enduring Crimes: The North Caucasus Between Past and Future” – that dealt with the forgotten genocide against Circassians and other peoples of the Caucuses. Working class activists mixed with businessmen and politicians entered into intelligent and often heated debate with students and ...
Radio-Adiga posts the important presentation that was made by Ali Berzeg, at the Tbilisi conference that was held on November 19-21 - 2010.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
In the beginning of my speech I would like to express my gratitude to the organizers of this so important for us Circassians event, Ilia State University and Jamestown Foundation. Thank you very much. It’s been about 9 months since our initial conference when Circassian delegations first time in about twenty years visited Georgia. I personally was doing my fellowship program in Ilia State University working in Georgian Archives collecting the documents describing Circassian Genocide committed by the Russian State in 19th century. Enormous amount of the first-hand sources was generated, and I had a chance to present a brief report on that afterwards.
The Jamestown Foundation and Ilia State University Announce Second International Conference in Tbilisi.
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"Hidden Nations, Enduring Crimes: The North Caucasus Between Past and Future”
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Washington, DC (12/01/2010) – The Jamestown Foundation and Ilia State University hosted their second international conference entitled: "Hidden Nations, Enduring Crimes: The North Caucasus Between Past and Future”, held in Tbilisi, Georgia on November 19-21. Attended by over 140 participants from over 15 different countries, the conference attracted the world’s premier experts on the Caucasus and included representatives from all six of the North Caucasus republics, many of whom travelled to the conference using the new visa-free travel regime instituted by the Georgian government. Many national representatives, including members of the Georgian Parliament as well as a US State Department official were also in attendance. Panelists included Lord Frank Judd, a member of ...
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