The Color Of Pomegranates | Նռան գույնը (1969) Dir. Sergei Parajanov

Sultanahmet meydanı. İstanbul 1995

21st of May is Circassian genocide remembrance day, the day of mourning. on the 21st of May 1864 was the last battle between the Russian army and Circassians in Kbaada, nowadays called Krasnaya Polyana (which Russians had turned into a resort). Circassians were killed and deported from Russia to the Ottoman Empire, some tribes were eradicated completely, namely the Ubykhs, the natives of Sochi. every year there is a procession and events dedicated to commemorate the victims in every Circassian republic: in Adygea, Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Circassia.

This year the officials in Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, banned the procession. I wonder why... :)

Princes of Kabarda. 1812-1813 Князья Кабарды. 1812-1813

from "llustrations de Les peuples de la Russie". Karl Rechberg "Народы России. Описание нравов, обычаев, костюмов и др". Карл Рехберг. Художник Емельян Корнеев

Old photographs of Jewish women

1. Georgia, 2. Moscow, Russia; 3. Istanbul, Turkey; 4. Sarajevo, Bosnia; 5. Dagestan; 6. Alytus, Lithuania; 7. Beirut, Lebanon; 8. Morocco; 9. Vitebsk, Belarus

The Godfather

Abaza saklya in the Biberdovsky aul. XIX Абазинская сакля в Бибердовском ауле. XIX

photographer D.I. Ermakov (Д.И.Ермаков) From Kunstkamera archive.

Illustration from James Branch Cabell ’s’ Jurgen ‘by Ray Frederick Coyle, 1919

Circassian women in their traditional attire

Puzzle purse love tokens from 1790 to 1816

Moonlit Dreams by Gabriel Ferrier (1874)