Keywords: Crimean War, Russia, Circassia, Turkey, Circassian question, Sefer-bey

The complicated circumstances of Russian return to active policy in Circassia at the end of the Crimean war of 1853‑1856 are considered in the article. The author analyzes in detail Sefer-Bey’s activity aimed to counteraction the process of Russian positions assertion in Cherkessia of postwar and maintenance of Pro-Turkish spirits among its inhabitants as well. It is mentioned that ever since a new stage of Russian-Circassian confrontation begins.