Circassian Activists Divided on What Best Serves Circassian Interests

Authorities in Kabardino-Balkaria have launched a campaign to give the Ubykhs, a Circassian sub-ethnic group, official small indigenous group status. That special status would allow the Ubykhs to claim many benefits from the Russian government, including property rights in Russia’s Krasnodar region, the homeland the Ubykhs lost in the Russian conquest in the 19thcentury.

The expected benefits

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Circassian Activists Divided on What Best Serves Circassian Interests