The name " Krasnaya Polyana " ( lit . '' Red Glade '' ) was given by the Greek settlers in 1878 because of the thick overgrowth of fern , the leaves of which had a reddish-brown color in fall . Walter Richmond , a historian of the Circassian genocide notes that Krasnaya Polyana was named after the last stand by the Circassian Ubykhs , of whom many died there in 1864
Circassian genocide
Circassian genocide
Krasnaya Polyana, Sochi, Krasnodar Krai