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North Caucasus: Circassian girls

Categories: Central Asia & Caucasus, Eastern & Central Europe, Middle East & North Africa, Russia, Turkey, Ethnicity & Race, History, Photography, Women & Gender

The Tbilisi Blues pays homage to Circassian girls, apparently among the world's most beautiful women. The blog posts some early photographs of what it calls Moss-haired Girls and says that many were to be found in the harems of Turkish sultans [1].