About: Balkar and Karachay nationalism

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. * 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 affin