What do u know about Cicrassians? Adiga? "east european country that last existed 150 years ago"?

Question

i know its an east european country that last existed 150 years ago, i would like knowing how thier country vanished like that, something about those people traditions and culture, history in general...

Answer 1

You probably mean the Adiga (Adyghe) Circassians, a people that lived in the Caucasus mountains region, in what is today southern Russia.

The area inhabited by them was known as Circassia, but it wasn't a state ( the Circassians were divided in many independent tribes).

During a long ( 1763 - 1864) and bloody conflict the Circassian tribes were defeated by the Russians and the region was incorporated into the Russian Empire. After their final defeat most Circassians (as many as 3.000.000)  were forced to leave their homeland and settle in other countries ( mainly in Turkey and the Middle East).

Today only about 500 - 700.000 Adyghes live in the ancient Circassia region ( mainly in the Adygeya and Karachay-Cherkessia republics of the Russian Federation).