Review of the book : Shaparova A. K. Political repression of Circassians in the North Caucasus (1918 - 1940's). Historical and archival materials and memoirs

In the reviewed narrative, a thorough analysis of the book offered to the reader is made. For the first time in Russian historiography and as an author, and at the same time, the compiler A.K. Shaparova draws attention to the collective name of representatives of various Circassian communities living in the North Caucasus - Kabardians, Adygeyan ethnic communities, etc. Turning to such a complex problem as forced resettlement of peoples on the territory of Russia, the USSR, the author focuses on the Circassians. For a long period she was engaged in the identification and generalization of materials and documents on the life of Circassian communities in the study area in the chronological framework of the 1930s-1940s, specifically revealing many of the historical portraits of Circassians. And it concerns exclusively the peoples of the North Caucasus until 1917 and as an independent period after 1917, under the conditions of Soviet power. Of particular interest is the period until the early 1920s, which was associated with various kinds of transformations of society that had to be overcome by new state autonomous entities. In fact, the independent period is also the 1940s, when the mechanism of interethnic relations in the state was actively involved in practice as forced resettlement. It universally acted as a kind of management of peoples and citizens. It often resorted to the authorities as before 1917, and in the Soviet period. The book is intended for a wide range of readers that have the opportunity to significantly expand their knowledge on this complex issue of the history of the peoples of Russia, the USSR, about the complex process when such a method of managing many aspects of interethnic relations as forced relocations was actively involved. The book is read with great interest.