Russia 1942 Battle of Caucasus (2) Mt. Elbrus Gebirgsjäger Mountain Troops Pjatigorsk Circassia

163 Russia 1942 Battle of Caucasus (Part 2) Mt. Elbrus Gebirgsjäger Mountain Troops Kaukasus Pjatigorsk Пятигорск Circassia Cherkess German History Archive Circassia (Cherkessia; Adyghe, Çerkesya, Çerkezistan) was a country and historical region in the North Caucasus along the northeast shore of the Black Sea. It was destroyed and devastated after the RussianCircassian war (17631864) as 90 of the Circassian people were either massacred or exiled from the region in the Circassian genocide. The Circassians also dominated the north of the Kuban river in the early medieval and ancient times, but with the raids of the Mongol Empire, Golden Horde and the Crimean Khanate, they were withdrawn south of the Kuban, from the Taman Peninsula to North Ossetia. During the Medieval Era, Circassian lords subjugated and vassalized the neighboring KarachayBalkars and Ossetians. The term Circassia is also used as the