Joining of the North-Western Caucasus (the Western Circassia) into the Russian Empire under the Terms of the Treaty of Adrianople, 1829
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The purpose of the study is to reconstruct the process of the annexation of the North-Western Caucasus (Trans-Kuban Circassia) to the Russian Empire, the legal basis of which is based on the Adrianople Peace Treaty on September 2 (14), 1829. The territory that was previously under the jurisdiction of the Ottoman Empire, but was not placed under Russian military control during the Russian-Turkish war of 1828-1829, ceded to Russia. In the text of the Treaty of Adrianople, this territory is not described in either political-legal or geographical terms. Despite the fact that the abandonment of the Western Circassia by the Porte became the most important territorial acquisition for Russia, obtained under the Treaty of Adrianople. The non-recognition of the Treaty of Adrianople by Circassians drew the attention of the British government and parliament to them, making it possible to actualize the “Circassian question” as an important component of the “Eastern question”. As a result, a significant publicistic literature arose, challenging the rights of the Russian Empire to the North-West Caucasus (D. Urquhart, K. Marx, etc.). This article substantiates the competence of the Ottoman government to transfer the North-West Caucasus to Russia, since: 1) Circassians recognized themselves as Ottoman subjects through the institution of oaths and recognition of the power of the Ottoman governors; 2) the presence of the Western Circassia in the Ottoman Empire was recognized by Russia under the Treaty of Jassy. The specificity of the annexation of the Western Circassia to the Russian Empire is that, unlike Abkhazia and the Georgian states, there was no “request” for Russian citizenship.

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Anapa, Western Circassia, Treaty of Adrianople of 1829, Russian-Turkish war of 1828-1829, proclamation, oath of allegiance, pristav.