Balkar and Karachay nationalism
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Balkar and Karachay nationalism is the national sentiment among the Balkars and Karachai. It generally manifests itself in:
- The movement for the recognition of the 1944 deportations (where the Balkars and Karachai, along with the Kalmyks, Chechens and Ingush were deported to Siberia and Central Asia) as a genocide against the nation.[1][2]
- The movement to separate Kabardino-Balkaria into Kabardin and Balkar administrative units (Circassian nationalists also share this goal)
- Likewise, the movement to separate Karachay–Cherkessia into Karachay and Cherkess administrative units
- The movement to unify Karachai and Balkar units into a single republic
- The movement to unify the census categories of Karachai and Balkar into a single category
- Turkic nationalist flavor, and a strong affinity to the state of Turkey
- Mandate of Karachay-Balkar language as the official language
- Defense of Balkar grazing lands against Kabardin influence [3]
- In some circles, Pan-Turkism
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