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The birth of modern Circassian nationalism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Sufian Zhemukhov
Sufian Zhemukhov*
Affiliation:
The Elliot School of International Affairs, Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
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*Email: zhemukho@gwu.edu
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Abstract

This article focuses on problems of the national movement of the Circassians – a small nation in the Caucasus, most of whose population is dispersed all over the world. The paper researches the development of the Circassian movement from 1989–2000 and its contemporary structure since 2005. The modern Circassian movement as a whole has never been approached from a political science viewpoint. This research aims to answer several core questions: What are the different strands of the movement? What principles are they based on? Who are the participants? What political forces support them? How do these political forces interact with each other?

Keywords

nationalismnationalist movementRussiaCaucasusCircassians
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Articles
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Nationalities Papers , Volume 40 , Issue 4 , July 2012 , pp. 503 - 524
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Copyright © 2012 Association for the Study of Nationalities 

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