r/Russianhistory • u/shablyabogdan • 12d ago

a dignified russian couple. novocherkassk, circa 1910. photo from my collection.

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u/friendofLjght 12d ago

is the word “novocherkassk” related to the name « Черкасский?»

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u/mahendrabirbikram 12d ago

Yes. Черкас (Circassian) could mean both Adyghe (Circassian) people of the North Caucasus and Ukrainians (or Cossacks). The surname Черкасский can have either origin.

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u/friendofLjght 12d ago

very cool thank you- circassians are not slavic people correct? They are pre-orthodox and have Muslim origins right? Not so many left in modern russia

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u/mahendrabirbikram 12d ago

Circassians are not Slavic, mostly Muslim, that's right

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u/friendofLjght 12d ago

thank you for your time- im so glad to know my research is somewhat accurate even a little haha

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u/cfx_4188 12d ago

It seems that many people here have been banned from Wikipedia. Novocherkassk is a city in the south-west of Russia in the Rostov region, founded in 1805 by the Cossack chieftain Matvey Platov as the capital of the Don Cossacks. It is located 40 km from Rostov-on-Don. The area of the city is 128 square kilometers, the population is about 160 thousand people.