third president of Karachay- Cherkess Republic Rashid Temrezov
Brief History: The Karachays were driven into the highlands of the North Caucasus by Mongol tribes in the 13th century. Their territory was annexed by the Russian Empire in 1828 but they continued to resist Russian rule throughout the 19th century. Many Karachay emigrated to the Ottoman Empire in the 1860-70s. In 1920, the Mountain Autonomous Soviet Republic was settled up in the north Caucasus, which included the lands of the Cherkess (Circassians) and Karachay, but 2 years later this fell apart and a separate Karachay-Cherkess region was established. In 1926, this was further subdivided, and the two peoples had their own regions. In 1936, they were merged yet again, but 8 years later, in 1943, direct rule was imposed by Moscow . The people was deported to Kazahstan/Kirgizija like chechens, balkars and others...Local autonomy was not restored until 1957. Since 1936, the Karachai have had their own written language . In Karachaevesk, there is a teacher education university which is responsible for the intellectual development of future generations. In contrast to the other smaller Caucasian groups, the Karachai are more outgoing, a trait which has contributed to the secularization among this Islamic people.
www.kchr.info now this is the official site of K-Ch Republic. Information about organisations, addresses etc. In Russian
www.elbrusoid.org New site created by karachays living in Moskow
www.karachay.com developed by Karabashlany Hasan from Australia. English, Karachay
http://www.karachay.4mg.com by Adilhan Adiloglu (Appa) . English, Turkic, Karachay
Karachay-Balkar site developed by balkar group. Russian
http://real-alania.narod.ru/ karacay page by Ahmad Salpagarov. Russian
http://karachai.r2.ru/ in Russian and Karachay lang (cyrillic) created by students from KCGPU (the page is no more available)
http://millet.narod.ru/
American Karachay-Kavkaz Benevolent Association New Jersey, USA. In English (the page is no more available)
AKBA Information Center by Nurtane Oksas, USA (the page is no more available)
Hubijlany Xadji-Murat Professor of Math, Montcalair University, USA
Botash ulu Hamit(1921-2002), karachay writer, from 1960 lived in USA
Caucasus page of Tokhchuk ulu Ufuk Tavkul, historian and philologist from Turkey
if you want to join Karachay mailing list, write akba@egroups.com or
karachaymalkar@yahoogroups.com
for a live karachay chat, download MIRC, and enter #karacay channel on dalnet
karachay songs. new!(the page is no more available)
"Balkariya" ensambleSome related information on international sites:
http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ru-karac.html(the page is no more available)
NUPI - Centre for Russian Studies- Karachay-Cherkessia News(the page is no more available)
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Other Caucasian Republics:http://www.ingushetia.ru/ Kabarda-Balkar State University and Balkar chat "Shashlychnaya" in Nal'chik |
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More Karachay landscapes come here (local resources)History and Culture of the Karachay-Balkar Peoples
local resources from Prof. H-M. Hubey
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Emblems of modern Karachay-Cherkess Republic
Were authorized February 3 1994.
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A piece of detailed map of local area (Zelenchukskaya with RATAN-600 as a little circle on the South district, Cherkessk, Karachaevsk and surroundings come here) (full map of KCHR - 4.8Mb zip file here) more mapsThis page is developed by Susanna Tokhchukova in 1997.
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Къарачай тилде - in Karchay language
Last revised July 29 2003
