Hajji Gerandiqo Berzeg was a Circassian military commander who served as the leader of the Circassian Confederation from 1860 to 1864. Most of his life, including his late childhood, was spent in the

Circassia, also known as Zichia, was a country and a historical region in Eastern Europe. It spanned the western coastal portions of the North Caucasus, along the northeastern shore of the Black Sea.