Circassian Genocide - How Russia Took Over the Caucasus DOCUMENTARY

Kings and Generals historical animated documentary series on the early modern era history continues with a video on the Circassians and how Russia massacred them. The sad truth about the Era of Colonization is that campaigns of conquest of lands and the so-called civilizing of indigenous peoples were very often accompanied by gruesome violence and genocidal actions. Imperialist powers would plunder, rape, pillage, and murder after dehumanizing native populations in the name of civility, progress, divine justice, and their own racial superiority. Western Empires are often the main targets of criticism in that respect, and rightly so. But they were not the only perpetrators. The Russian Empire has its own history of violence against indigenous populations in its quest for expansion and the Circassian Genocide is one of its bloodiest atrocities. In this video, we are going to describe the long history of violence by the Russian Empire against the Circassian people.

Music courtesy of EpidemicSound

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[magellantv]

Brilliantly done and such an important topic — thank you!

[mynose]

As a Circassian I’m very happy that this topic is being spread over the internet I cannot thank you enough sir

[hayakasabi]

Finally. Someone who called a spade a spade. Perhaps the only non-Circassian channel/individual to not dance around the word genocide. Thank you for shedding light on our history, very few people know who we are and what our ancestors had to go through.

[ahmadkadan]

Not only did the Circassian genocide cause the annihilation of the Ubykh tribe, but it also led to the Ubykh language's extinction. The last speaker of this very unique language, Tevfik Esenç, died in Turkey in 1992, and with him the language went extinct.

[gaga]

As a Georgian🇬🇪 I am proud, my country is the first state, that recognized Circassian genocide, I hope many other countries will follow.

[benegue]

I am a Circassian living in Turkey. I got goosebumps when I saw your video. On behalf of all Circassians, thank you very much for this video.We are tired of always being in the background and being forgotten. The world doesn't care about us, most of countries care more about their relations with Russia. But our people perished. It will never be the same as before. We try to keep our culture alive as much as we can and make people aware of ourselves. This video will be very important for history lovers to have an idea about the Circassians.
One day, Free Circassia again...💚💛

[Janny]

Circassians have a surprisingly outsized role in the Middle East. They helped found the capital city of Jordan; Amman. A lot of the rulers of Egypt were originally of Circassian origin.

[Bishey]

Thank you for making a video on this. Very few people in the world even know about the Circassian people, let along this tragedy.

[VoiceofCircassia]

As a Circassian Activist and fan of this channel - you can't imagine how happy, surprised and impressed I was that you guys did a feature on our culture and people. This was exceptionally well written and showcased - would love to collaborate and see more in the future

[muhammadaliffbinmuhammadla]

One of my country's Prime Minister (Malaysia), late Tun Hussein Onn, had Circassian ancestry. Their descedants still influential in this country from politics to education and business.

[yagzkart]

Love the visual at 0:52. As Circassians, the metaphor of the "Black Sea being a grave" to many of our people is something we’ve often heard from our grandparents. Some in our family used to refuse eating any seafood that came from the Black Sea for some time, saying that they had the blood of our ancestors on them. They often said that the shores of Northern Black Sea and the Turkish shores where the deportees arrived were full of dead bodies and "red from blood and flesh" for days.

[HistoryOfRevolutions]

After fleeing from the Russian empire, many circassians took refuge in the Ottoman empire, where they became highly influential. They produced great politicians such as Hayreddin Pasha, powerful military generals such as Ahmet Anzavur Pasha and great Intellectuals and poets such as Ahmad Shawqi many many others.

[hakanozaslan]

I am not a Circassian but they are our citizens in Turkey, our neighbours, friends and very often intermarried into our families for a long time now. Thank you for educating more people about this!

[ellaroud]

Just a comment to support the channel and the video. I’m Circassian too who is living in our native land and very pleased and proud to see this video. Thank you very much for coverage of this information!❤️💔

[tcherkess]

As a Circassian i would like to thank this channel for taking the time to learn about the history of our people and long lost country, our cause isn't dead yet, as long as Circassians exist the dream of reclaiming our country and freedom back will always be alive.

[gerechtigkeit]

I've never seen such a big channel talk about our history before. It's so painful to be ignored. thank you so much, you are a real hero

[mesut]

As a Circassian and passionate follower of this channel, couln't be more happy with any other topic than this. Thank you for being the voice of unheard.
And thank you for spreading the savagery our ancestors faced only for the will to live in their homelands.

[annatar]

As a Circassian, i was waaiting this video for a long time.Thank you!

[miketacos]

It’s insane how such a complete genocide is so scarcely known…

[iamiza]

As a chechen, thank you for your work. Circassians, our brothers, fought shoulder to shoulder with us against evil imperialist Russia, and they payed the highest price for their bravery, they've been murdered, forced to exil but they always kept their head up. And it's been a disgrace that mondial history has been this quiet about Circassian genocide.
Wish the best for your brave and strong people dear brothers.