Film: “Bela”: Tragedy of a Circassian Princess Andrey A. Gromov’s (silent) film of 1913, based on Mikhail Lermontov’s “A Hero of Our Time”. Plot of “Bela” An anonymous Russian soldier (the narrator), who is travelling through the Caucasus Mountains, encounters Maxim Maximych, an old officer. They converse and travel through the mountains together. When they seek shelter due to a blizzard, the old officer tells the unnamed narrator a story about Grigoriy Pechorin, a young Russian officer serving

“Miss Circassia 2016”: Pageant of Circassian Beauties Circassian repatriate from Jordan wins “Miss Circassia 2016” beauty pageant… Sarah Tuguz (Дыгъужь; Dighwzch), a student from Jordan at the Engineering Faculty of the Kabardian State University, has won the Grand Prix of the beauty pageant “Miss Circassia 2016” («Адыгэ Пщащэ 2016»). The event took place in the House of Culture of Kenzhe, a suburb of Nalchik, the Capital of Kabarda, on 10-11 December 2016, and was organised by the International

Circassian beauties and the ugly face of race

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