Case Study Circassian Migration FV - EUROCLIO
Case Study Circassian Migration FV - EUROCLIO
Case Study Circassian Migration FV - EUROCLIO
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The mass deportations<br />
The mountaineers leave the Aul, 1872 by Pyotr<br />
Nikolayevich Gruzinsky<br />
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The years that followed the Crimean War<br />
witnessed the deportation of people from the<br />
Caucasus, particularly the <strong>Circassian</strong>s, on a<br />
massive scale.<br />
Most attempted to cross the Black Sea to the<br />
Ottoman Empire. Many died during their<br />
journey because of starvation, shortage of water<br />
and disease.<br />
Today, only a minority of <strong>Circassian</strong>s continue to<br />
live in their ancestral homeland. Most live in<br />
Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Israel, Germany and the<br />
United States.