Adygea - Wikipedia
WEBAdygea is one of Russia's ethnic republics, primarily representing the indigenous Circassian people that form 25% of the Republic's population, while Russians form a majority at 60%, and with minority populations of Armenians and Ukrainians. The official languages of Adygea are Adyghe and Russian.
Circassians - Wikipedia
WEBCircassians mainly speak the Circassian languages, two mutually intelligible languages of the Northwest Caucasian language family, namely Adyghe (West Circassian) and Kabardian (East Adyghe). Adyghe is based on Temirgoy (Chemirgoy) dialect, while Kabardian is based on the dialect of the same name.
Adygeya | Caucasus Mountains, Circassians, Autonomous Region
WEBAdygeya, republic, southwestern Russia. It extends from the Kuban River south to the Caucasus foothills. Adygeya was established as an oblast (province) in 1922 for the Adyghian people, one of two major branches of the Circassians (Cherkess), who make up about one-fifth of its total population.
Adygeya, Russia - Students | Britannica Kids | Homework Help
WEBDuring World War II it was occupied by Germany (August 1942–January 1943). It declared itself an autonomous republic within Russia in 1991 and subsequently became a member of the Russian federation. Its capital city is Maykop.
Adygea - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
WEBAdygea. The Republic of Adygea (/ ˌɑːdɪˈɡeɪə /; [11] Russian: Респу́блика Адыге́я; Adyghe: Адыгэ Республик, Adygæ Respublik), also called the Adyghe Republic, is a federal subject of Russia in the North Caucasus region of Eastern Europe. It is the fifth-smallest federal subject in Russia.
The Republic of Adygea - Routledge Handbook of the Caucasus
WEBTHE NORTH-WESTERN CAUCASUS: Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachaevo-Cherkessia and Adygea. The Republic of Adygea, or the Adyghe Republic (AR),33 is the region’s smallest autonomy, landlocked within the Krasnodar krai.
Republic of Adygea – Center for Circassian Studies
WEBJan 8, 2022 · The westernmost Caucasian republic of Adygea is what remains today of the Black Sea region of the historical Circassia, which stretched from the border of Abkhazia in the south to the Sea of Azov in the north before 1864.
Adygea - Wikiwand
WEBAdygea is one of Russia's ethnic republics, primarily representing the indigenous Circassian people that form 25% of the Republic's population, while Russians form a majority at 60%, and with minority populations of Armenians and Ukrainians. The official languages of Adygea are Adyghe and Russian.
Adyge - Encyclopedia.com
WEBThe Adyge are the titular nationality of the Republic of Adygeia in the Russian Federation, which lies along the foothills of the northwestern Caucasus Range. In Soviet times, this was an autonomous okrug (district) within Krasnodar Krai, with its capital city of Maikop.
Russians Fleeing Adygea, Threatening Moscow’s Control of Region
WEBNov 30, 2012 · But they are talking ever more frequently about the unification of “three Caucasus republics into one” by combining Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachaevo-Cherkessia, and Adygea to form Greater Circassia—a process that could trigger a war in the entire region, Konovalova suggested.