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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Kurdish People, Yazidi, Assyrians in Iraq, Iraqi Turkmens, Marsh Arabs, Chechen People, Circassians, Dulaim, Adyghe People, Armenians in Iraq, Shabak People, Palestinians in Iraq, Black Iraqis, Dom People, Goran Kurds, Zangana, Mirawdale, Kawliya. Excerpt: Adyghe , Russian , Turkish , Arabic item Religion item Predominantly Sunni Islam item Related ethnic groups item Circassians end{sloppypar The Adyghe or Adygs are a people of the northwest Caucasus region, principally inhabiting Adygea (24.2 %) (now a constituent republic of the Russian Federation ) and Karachay-Cherkessia (11.3 %) (where they are named as "Cherkes "). Shapsug National District, an autonomous district founded for Shapsigh (or Shapsugh ) tribe living on the Black Sea coast was abolished in 1943. Kabardin of Kabardino-Balkaria (55.3 %) (along with Besleney tribe) who speak the Kabardian language are often conceived as the eastern branch of Adyghe. While Adyghe is the name this people apply to themselves, in the West they are often known as the Circassians , a term which can also apply to a broader group of peoples in the North Caucasus. Their language is also referred to as Adyghe or Adygeyan. Besleney speak a dialect of Kabardian .History The Adyghe first emerged as a coherent entity somewhere around the tenth century A.D., although references to them exist much earlier. They were never politically united, a fact which reduced their influence in the area and their ability to withstand periodic invasions from groups like the Mongols , Avars , Pechenegs , Huns , and Khazars .This lack of unity eventually cost the Adyghe their independence, as they were slowly conquered by Russia in a series of wars and campaigns in the late 18th and early to mid-19th centuries. During this period, the Adyghe plight achieved a ce...