Circassia
Americannoun
noun
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A year ago the Georgian Parliament voted unanimously to recognize the conquest of Circassia as a genocide, the first country in the world to do so.
From Newsweek ● May 21, 2012
Thus Russia possesses the northern shore of the sea, Turkey the western and southern, and Circassia the eastern.
From The Three Commanders by Dugdale, Thomas Cantrell
Circassia, flint lock, muzzle, 4½ in. diam., barrel etched, stock inlaid with arabesque patterns, very fine and rare.
From American Antiquities Auction Catalogue, January 8, 1898 by Norman, Wm. B.
After taking possession of Anapa and Soudjouk Kaleh, the Russians thought of seizing the whole seaboard of Circassia, and especially the various points suitable for the establishment of military posts.
From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Hell, Xavier Hommaire de
The strongest chains binding Circassia, Poland, Hungary, and Venetia, were forged in the fires of the Crimean War.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 by Various
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