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19th-century Russian outpost in Circassia

Mounted Circassian warriors, 19th century

Circassian soldiers standing trial in Poland

Two Circassian soldiers arrive, 19th century

20th-century Russian ethnographic team in Shapsugia

A group of Circassians photographed in the 19th century

A young Kabardian girl from the Terek region

Illustration of a Circassian dish or tool named Ch'apshe

Group photo of Kabardians from an unknown date

1864

Outpost built during Russian-Circassian war in 1864.

1870

Trial of Circassian soldiers following displacement.

1900

Ethnographic study of Shapsug people around 1900.