What the records say
- When
- 1800s – 1864
- Kind
- Genocide
- Deaths
- 1,000,000
- Coordinates
- 43.59° N, 39.72° E
- Description
- 19th century genocide of Circassians by the Russian Empire
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Circassian genocide
Mass murder of Circassians by the Russian Empire
The Circassian genocide, or Tsitsekun, was the systematic mass killing, ethnic cleansing, and forced displacement of between 95% and 97% of the Circassian people during the final stages of the Russian invasion of Circassia in the 19th century. It resulted in the deaths of up to 1.5 million people and the destruction of Circassia, which was then annexed by the Russian Empire.
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