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Voice | ‘Help comes from those who themselves need help’

by Volodymyr Soboliev

•5 min read

Circassian woman Shaziya Nukh is 86 years old. In 2011, she fled the Syrian conflict to Kabardino-Balkaria, the homeland of her ancestors. Almost all of her relatives died during the bombing of Aleppo. Shaziya has no income and no housing. ‘I obtained a residence permit in Russia in 2016 and now have to wait for citizenship for at least another six years — and it’s a big question whether they grant it to me or not. But, even if they do, what will happen after? I will still have no job, and

Adygea

School director sues Circassian-language teacher in Kabardino-Balkaria

by OC Media

•4 min read

A school director in the Russian Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria is suing one of her former employees after she spoke out against the lack of Circassian language lessons in the school. On 18 March, Nalchik City Court again heard testimony regarding a suit brought by the director of the city’s Gymnasium No 14, Rimma Zhamborova, against former Circassian language teacher Maryan Bagova and Kabardino-Balkaria’s Human Rights Centre. Zhamborova filed a lawsuit against Bagova and the Human Rights

Adygea

Vulnerable and divided: the uncertain state of the Circassian language

by Madina Aliyeva

•6 min read

On 14 March, the Circassian people celebrate the Day of Circassian Language and Writing. Circassian, a native language of the North Caucasus, faces many serious challenges, including a lack of official support, a divided literary standard, a decreasing interest in learning it in educational institutions, and a diminishing presence at home. It was on this day in 1853 that the first Circassian language textbook, by famous Adygea educator Umar Bersey, was published in Tbilisi. Circassian

Adygea

Unambitious state-backed Circassian groups hide a growing nationalism in young Circassians

by Volodymyr Soboliev

•8 min read

Officially sanctioned organisations in what was once historical Circassia work almost exclusively to promote Circassian language and culture. Beneath the surface, however, young people espouse more radical ambitions — recognition of the Circassian Genocide, and creation of a united Circassia. In the village of Kbaada (now the ski-resort of Krasnaya Polyana), 153 years ago, a parade was held by Russian troops marking the end of the Russian Empire’s conquest of the Caucasus. The vast major

Adygea

Woman wins fight to speak Circassian in Adygea supermarket

by Volodymyr Soboliev

•2 min read

A woman from Maykop, the capital of the Republic of Adygea, has won the right to speak with employees of the Magnit supermarket in her native Circassian (Adyghe) language. Elvira Kulokova, from Maykop, became embroiled in an altercation with the store, after a Magnit employee from Adygea refused to speak with her in Circassian. The employee explained to Kulokova in Russian that they are banned from using their mother tongue at work. ‘I want to hear Circassian; I want my children to hear i