Adygs of America prepare picket at Russian consulate in New York 

At the building of the Russian consulate in New York the Adygeyan Diaspora is going to lead a peace protest action, as the director of the popular in Caucasus Internet resource kawkazveb.net Osman Mazukabzov informed IА REGNUM correspondent.

"We intend to protest in connection with the refusal of the State Duma of Russia to recognize the genocide of Russia in the 18-19th centuries against Adygeyan people, - Osman Mazukabzov told. - The action will pass on May 21st when Adygs all over the world, after their exile from the Native land and by now located in more than 50 countries, traditionally have the Memory Day of victims of the Russian-Caucasian war".

As IА REGNUM correspondent reminded, the organization Circassian congress which headquarters is located in Maykop, had addressed in 2005 to the State Duma of Russia with the reference for recognition of the genocide against Adygeyan people committed by Russia. As a demonstrative base the archival documents of the Russian imperial office had been enclosed to the reference - reports of the generals of the imperial army concerned results of the military operations led in Circassia. In those documents the Russian imperial generals resulted the detailed list of the burnt villages, killed wild Circassians, their wives, old men and children. Historical data testify: by the end of the centenary war with Russia Adygs-Circassians had lost more than 80 percent of the population. A part was lost on the Native land; another part was expelled to the Ottoman Empire and was lost already in the Black sea or at Turkish coast from deprivations and illnesses. Adygs do not eat a fish from the Black sea so far.

After the Revolution of 1917 Adygs who remained to live in Caucasus were divided into three republics: Adygeya, Karachaevo-Circassia and Kabardino-Balkaria. The problem of the divided people is actual for Karachais and Balkarians, too – the one people territorially divided between the two republics.

Now on the historical Native land about one million of Adygs (Adygeyans, Circassians and Kabardians) live. The aggregate number of the Circassian Diaspora in the various countries, according to the International Circassian association, makes near 6 million.

The State Duma of Russia has refused to consider the reference of Adygs about recognition of the genocide. Circassian congress received corresponding refusal notification in the end of 2005.

IА REGNUM