Remembering Russian Atrocities in The Caucasus/ Documentary-The Circassian Genocide-

The Circassians are an indigenous people and nation, native to the historical country and region of Circassia, in the North Caucasus. They are one of the oldest cultures in the world, traicing their ancestry to the ancient tribes that inhabited region. In this documentary we document the Russian Empire’s Genocide and expulsion of The Circassian People in the 18th Century. Sources state that as many as 1 to 1.5 million Circassians were forced to flee in total, but only a half made it alive. Ottoman archives show nearly 1 million migrants entering their land from the Caucasus by 1879, with nearly half of them dying on the shores as a result of diseases. If Ottoman archives are correct, it would make it the Circassian genocide the biggest of the 19th century. This documentary was made in accordance to Creative Commons Law. No copyright infringement intended. Music from Footage of Circassian culture and traditio