By the end of Russo-Circassian War, the Russian Empire aimed to systematically destroy the native Circassian people in the region.L.V.Burykina. Pereselenskoye dvizhenie na severo-zapagni Kavakaz. Reference in King.. and several atrocities were committed by the Russian forces.Shenfield, Stephen D. The Circassians: A Forgotten Genocide?, 1999 As a result, almost all Ubykhs and a major part of the Circassians who lived on the territory of modern Sochi, were either killed or expelled to the Ottoman Empire in the Circassian genocide. According to Russian sources, Sochi's population fell from roughly 100,000, to 98.Половинкина Т. В. Сочинское Причерноморье – Нальчик (2006) pp. 216–218, 4. Население (R_04.doc) in Российский статистический ежегодник 2011, www.gks.ru, "Sochi". Great Soviet Encyclopedia.
by the end of russo-circassian war the russian empire aimed to systematically destroy the native circassian people in the regionlvburykina pereselenskoye dvizhenie na severo-zapagni kavakaz reference in king and several atrocities were committed by the russian forcesshenfield stephen d the circassians a forgotten genocide 1999 as a result almost all ubykhs and a major part of the circassians who lived on the territory of modern sochi were either killed or expelled to the ottoman empire in the circassian genocide according to russian sources sochi's population fell from roughly 100000 to 98половинкина т в сочинское причерноморье – нальчик (2006) pp 216–218 4 население (r_04doc) in российский статистический ежегодник 2011 wwwgksru "sochi" great soviet encyclopedia