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Parliament of Independence (Circassia)
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<p> The Circassian Parliament or the Circassian Majlis was the legislature of <a href="/facts/Circassia/FCjynbWQ">Circassia</a> officialized in 1861 after a meeting in <a href="/facts/Sochi/F3DEnHv7">Sochi</a> attended by leaders of several Circassian provinces. A tribal confederation had existed before the parliament's establishment, but a centralized government was achieved only after it was built. </p><p>The parliament aimed to defend the western part of <a href="/facts/Circassia/FCjynbWQ">Circassia</a> from Russian invasion, and to liberate the occupied Eastern Circassia from the <a href="/facts/Russian_Empire/hg1g5SpV">Russian Empire</a> during the <a href="/facts/Russian-Circassian_War/nQTCY0US">Russian-Circassian War</a>. It also sent delegates abroad to gain support for the <a href="/facts/Circassia/FCjynbWQ">Circassian</a> struggle internationally. </p>