Circassian Day of Mourning

It is known in Russia as the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Caucasus War, owing to the fact that the Russian government does not recognize the events as a genocide.

[7] Calculations, including taking into account the Russian government's own archival figures, have estimated a loss of 80–97%[6][8][9][10] of the Circassian population in the process.

It is memorable and non-working day in the three republics of the Russian Federation[12] (Adygea,[13] Kabardino-Balkaria[14] and Karachay-Cherkessia[15]) as well as In the Circassian villages of the Krasnodar Krai.

Tens of thousands of Circassians in Adygea, Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia took part in mourning events dedicated to the anniversary of the end of the Russian-Caucasian War.

The multi-million diaspora of Circassians abroad was not left aside, for example, there was a mass procession with national banners of Circassia through the central streets of Turkish cities.

[17] In May 2014, on the eve of the tragic date (May 21), Beslan Teuvazhev, one of the organizers of a campaign to make commemorative ribbons for the 150th anniversary of the Russian-Caucasian War, was detained by Moscow police officers.

[18] In spring 2017, a court in the Lazarevsky district of Krasnodar Krai sentenced seventy-year-old Circassian activist Ruslan Gvashev for his participation in the May 21, 2017 mourning events dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Russian-Caucasian War.