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Map | 1921: Early Administrative Divisions in the #Soviet #Caucasus.
Source: 'Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus' by Arthur Tsutsiev. New Haven: “Yale University Press”, 2014. https://t.co/YbWi98O1TP
After years in exile, they were allowed to return home in 1958, only to find their land had been settled by others, and part of their region had been transferred to North Ossetia. Others remained in Kazakhstan or Kyrgyzstan.
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#Ingush in Kazakhstan (1950s). During World War II, they were accused of supporting the Nazis, and deported en masse to Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Siberia, losing a large percentage of their population along the way.
#Mingrelian boys. Photo by Dmitri Yermakov (1846 – 1916). #georgia #caucasus
Naguma [Nogmov] Shora (Нэгумэ Шорэ: 1794 - 1844), #Kabardian (Circassian) public figure and enlightener, philologist, poet and Alexander #Pushkin (1799 - 1837), Russian poet, playwright, and novelist.
Bullock-cart [Arba]. village of #Kurakh, #Dagestan (1955). #lezgians #caucasus
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1. Farmers having lunch. #Shapsugh district [Lazarevsky]. (1927)
2. Delegates of the Shapsugh District Komsomol Conference (1925).
#Shapsugh (Adyghe: Шапсыгъ)are one of the twelve tribes of the #Circassian people. #caucasus
Tatar family. Photo by Dmitri Yermakov (1846 – 1916). #caucasus