A Piece of Caucasia: 7 Facts about Karachay-Cherkessia
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1. The Karachay-Cherkess Republic is a federal subject (a republic) of Russia. Karachay-Cherkessia is one of Russia's ethnic republics, primarily representing the indigenous Karachay people and Cherkess people. Karachays form the largest ethnic group at around 40% of the population, followed by ethnic Russians (30%) and Cherkess (12%).
2. The region was absorbed by an expanding Russian Empire in the first half of the 19th century. In the 20th, the divide-and-rule tactics of the Stalin era involved weakening resistance by splitting related groups and joining unrelated ones in shared administrative units. As part of this pattern, the Karachay-Cherkessia Autonomous Region was first created in 1922. Several further administrative adjustments and readjustments followed.
3. In 1943 the Karachay people were deported to Central Asia for alleged collaboration with the Nazis. They were allowed back in 1957 and the Karachay-Cherkess autonomous region recreated.
4. Cherkessk is the largest city and the capital of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic.
5. The republic’s scenery is spectacular, with densely forested mountains rising through alpine meadows to rock and ice. Mild and warm climate of Dombay perfectly blends with its snowy winters.
6. The republic is the home of what was the largest telescope in the world from 1975 until 1993 (the BTA-6), a very large radio telescope (600 meters in diameter, RATAN-600), and the Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Science dedicated to the study of astronomy.
7. Ethnic tension is a considerable problem in the republic. Although activity by separatists in the region pales in comparison with Chechnya and Dagestan, militant groups exist in Karachay-Cherkessia.
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