Circassians
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circassians-189-18659607
title:
Circassians
text:
The Circassians or Circassian people, also called Cherkess or Adyghe are a Northwest Caucasian ethnic group and nation who originated in Circassia, a region and former country in the North Caucasus. As a consequence of the Circassian genocide, which was perpetrated by the Russian Empire during the Russo-Circassian War in the 19th century, most of the Circassian people were exiled from their ancestral homeland and consequently began living in what was then the Ottoman Empire—that is, modern-day T
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Northwest Caucasian ethnic group native to Circassia
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circassians
date created:
2004-03-10T17:49:05Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T15:32:11Z
main entity:
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Circassian_flag.svg","width":512,"height":256}
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13
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