The Russian Trail of Tears | The Circassian Genocide

The Circassian genocide is a forgotten atrocity which saw the near eradication of a people. This film attempts to show what has rarely been shown.

Timestamps:

History of Circassia: 00:04:12
History of Russia: 00:10:58
Early Russo-Circassian interactions: 00:14:49
Russo-Kabardian war: 00:22:25
Russia and Western Circassians: 00:26:10
Circassian relations with Britain: 00:27:48
Circassia in the 1840s and 1850s: 00:31:40
Crimean war: 00:34:34
Final war and mass deportation: 00:37:51
Circassian refugees after the deportation: 00:51:21
Remaining Circassians in Russia: 00:59:26
Memory of the Genocide: 01:04:58

Bibliography:
Books
The Circassian Genocide (Walter Richmond, 2013)
Hidden Genocides (Alexander Laban Hilton, 2014)
Circassian History (Kadir Natho, 2009)
A short history of Russia (Mark Galleotti, 2021)

Articles
RadioFreeEurope | Georgia Recognizes Russian ‘Genocide’ of Ethnic Circassians. (20/05/2011) https://www.rferl.org/a/georgia_recog...
ReliefWeb | Russia and Georgia: The Circassian Question. (10/11/2010) https://reliefweb.int/report/georgia/...

Websites
Circassian Repatriation Organization | https://www.croworld.org/library-2/bo...

Music:
Music
Kevin Macleod | Imcompetech - Crypto, Devastation and Revenge, Stay the Course, Drums of the Deep, Serpentine Trek.
Supreme Commander - Followers of the Way, We are Cybran Razors, Risk Relief and Victory.
Richard Wagner - Lohengrin
Rule Britannia (Instrumental)
Frederick Chopin - Nocturne No.20 in C sharp minor
Basso Profondo - Blessed is the man who seeks no council among the impious

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