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    1) The document discusses the Circassians, an indigenous people from the Caucasus region. 2) After centuries of domination by other groups, the Circassians established a small state of their own in 1430 by breaking away from the Mongol Golden Horde. 3) Originally following a shamanist pagan religion, the Circassians briefly converted to Christianity before ultimately adopting Islam; they were later victims of Russian genocidal campaigns in the mid-19th century.

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    1) The document discusses the Circassians, an indigenous people from the Caucasus region. 2) After centuries of domination by other groups, the Circassians established a small state of their own in 1430 by breaking away from the Mongol Golden Horde. 3) Originally following a shamanist pagan religion, the Circassians briefly converted to Christianity before ultimately adopting Islam; they were later victims of Russian genocidal campaigns in the mid-19th century.

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    1) The document discusses the Circassians, an indigenous people from the Caucasus region. 2) After centuries of domination by other groups, the Circassians established a small state of their own in 1430 by breaking away from the Mongol Golden Horde. 3) Originally following a shamanist pagan religion, the Circassians briefly converted to Christianity before ultimately adopting Islam; they were later victims of Russian genocidal campaigns in the mid-19th century.

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    The nomadic chorse people of Central Asia

    by Stephen W. Richey

    IX. IRANIANS, 3rd Wave

    Circassians (or Adyghe): They were a people indigenous to the


    Caucasus. After spending centuries as a minor tribe constantly under the
    domination of more powerful peoples, they emerged with a small state of
    their own about 1430 by breaking away from the Mongol Khanate of
    the Golden Horde. Originally, their religion was of the typical tribal
    shamanist pagan sort. After briefly flirting with Christianity, they
    converted to Islam. The Russians waged genocidal wars of conquest
    against them during the mid-19th Century, causing the few survivors to
    scatter the across the Middle East. The city of Sochi, site of the 2014
    Winter Olympics, was once the Circassian capital.

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