Circassians (Topical Term)

Bolʹshai͡a︡ Sovetskai͡a︡ Ėnt͡s︡iklopedii͡a︡, 1978: v. 1, pp. 243-244; v. 29, p. 81.

Britannica Micro.: p. 943.

Ozhegov. Slovarʹ russkogo i͡a︡zyka.

Smirnit͡s︡kiĭ. Russko-angliiskiĭ slovarʹ.

Wixman, R. Peoples of the USSR, 1984: p. 49 (Circassian: self-designation Adyge, collective ethnonym for the peoples of the Circassian group of the Abazgo-Circassian peoples.)

Here are entered works on the Circassian peoples collectively, called Adyge in their own speech, including the Adygei and Kabardians. Works on the Lower or West Circassians, called Adygeitsy in Russian, are entered under Adygei.

Note under Adygei