History of Kabardino-Balkaria

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The Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria is a federal subject of Russia (a republic), located in the Caucasus region.

Early history

As with other parts of the Caucasus, the area that is now known as Kabardino-Balkaria has been inhabited for thousands of years. The origins of its inhabitants are intrinsically tied with its neighboring republics, Adygea and Karachay-Cherkessia. See Circassia.

It is known that modern-day

Mongol invasion's split of the lowlands of Nakh tribes and adopted the language. Also genetically they are closely related to Chechens and Ingush.[2]

The region came under the control of the

Inal's death in 1453 where afterwards it remained independent until somewhere between 1769 and 1830 with the Russo-Circassian war and subsequent genocide when it fell under Russian occupation. It was eventually annexed by Russia. See Kabardia
.

Russian and Soviet rule

Kabardia gained independence briefly between 1739 and 1774, before being annexed by Russia under the terms of the

Cossack
descent – also settled there.

During the

Kabardino-Balkar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
.

In 1944, Soviet leader

Kabardin ASSR
. The Balkar population was only allowed to return in 1957 at which point its pre-war name was restored.

Post-Soviet history

Modern Kabardino-Balkaria

Kabardino-Balkaria became a full republic in 1991 and in March 1992 became one of the constituent republics of the

Russian Federation
.

The republic's economy was very hard hit by the

attack on the city by Chechen militants. On 1 July 1994 Kabardino-Balkaria became the second republic after Tatarstan to sign a power-sharing agreement with the federal government, granting it autonomy.[4] This agreement would be abolished on 8 August 2002.[5]

References

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  2. ^ "Генофонд :: Итоги изучения Западного Кавказа". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
  3. ^ World, Abkhaz. "The Legendary Circassian Prince Inal, by Vitaliy Shtybin". Abkhaz World | History, Culture & Politics of Abkhazia. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  4. ^ Solnick, Steven (29 May 1996). "Asymmetries in Russian Federation Bargaining" (PDF). The National Council for Soviet and East European Research: 12.
  5. ^ Chuman, Mizuki. "The Rise and Fall of Power-Sharing Treaties Between Center and Regions in Post-Soviet Russia" (PDF). Demokratizatsiya: 146.
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