Ukraine’s and Georgia’s Recognition of the Circassian Genocide: Strategic Engagement with North Caucasian Causes [Ukrayna ve Gürcistan'ın Çerkes Soykırımı'nı Tanıması: Kuzey Kafkasya Davalarıyla Stratejik İlişki]
Journal: Journal of Caucasian Studies
Year: 2025

On January 9, 2025, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine declared the Russian conquest of Circassia in the nineteenth century as a genocide. Ukraine thus became the second country after Georgia in 2011 to recognizer the Circassian genocide. The Russian Empire’s complete conquest of Circassia in 1864, as part of a greater strategy to subdue the Caucasus, led to the massive killing, starvation, and deportation of Circassians, who to this day are scattered throughout the Western countries, the Middle East