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The Circassians, also known as the Cherkess or the Adyghe, are a Northwest Caucasian ethnic group native to Circassia, a region and former country in the North Caucasus. As a consequence of the 19th-c
Circassian warrior armed with Khirimi, Kindjal, & Shashka.
Hadim Yusuf Pasha, Ottoman Governor of Baghdad in 1605-1606, a Circassian by birth and a eunuch. Sefernāme of Muhlisi (BNF, Turc 127).
Circassian children from Maykop, Adygea, with the Circassian flag, 2014
Circassian traditional sword dance
Adygea
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Adygea, officially the Republic of Adygea or the Adygean Republic, is a republic of Russia. It is situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe. The republic is a part of the Southern Federal Distr
Circassians
…Ali Pasha in Egypt and continuing to the modern day: the Abaza family. In the Soviet Union, historical Circassia was divided into the republics of Adygea, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia, Krasnodar Krai, and southwestern parts of Stavropol Krai. Accordingly, Circassians have been designated as…
Acheshbok, Южные отроги горы Ачешбок, драматичные погодные условия раннего лета, Западный Кавказ
Khodz river headwaters, endemic region
Lago-Naki plateau in Adygea
Mount Fisht