To ensure the decision of the Sochi city hall demolished a monument to participants of the Caucasian war. This was reported by the Circassian activist Majid of Chachuh, reports the “Caucasian knot”.
Historians have considered that the mention of those terrible events of the war painful for the Circassian people and divides society. Local authorities have acknowledged that the memorial was erected without the necessary approvals, with very large errors and without discussion with representatives of the indigenous people.
In the Adler district of Krasnodar Krai in June, a monument called “Monument to the heroism of Russian soldiers”. This caused resentment among the Circassians, whose ancestors resisted the Russian Empire in the Caucasian war of the 19th century. The monument was erected on the site of the Fort by Russian forces in 1837, during the Caucasian war (1817-1864).
