Sharkas

May 21st is apparently a big deal for the Cricassion people (aka Sharkas), I didn't know that before yesterday, when I curiously asked a Cricassion friend about his facebook profile picture, he told me its the Cricassian genocide memorial day, so I googled it and read about it, I never really knew why or how the Sharkas came to be in this area of the world, mainly because i had few Sharkas friends and because I never heard of it neither on news or events or in school or university.
Now that I know though, it kinda changed the whole perception of Sharkas i had, I can relate to them in many aspects! these people fought the Russians for their lives and homeland for over a hundred years, and the result was thousands of casualties, a genocide really, and 90% of their people deported and scattered all over the world! that's the story in a nutshell.

The thing I always noticed about Sharkas ever since is their pride of being Sharkas; the flags, the bumper stickers and all that, now I don't only understand it, but I respect it tremendously actually.

I really don't know how come in my 26 years I never heard about this in school or elsewhere!! better late than never I guess.

read more about the Russian-Circassion war and genocide.
http://naserz.blogspot.com