| LC control no. | sh 85026054 |
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| LC classification | DK34.C57 |
| Topical heading | Circassians |
| Variant(s) | Adyge Adyghe Adygy Cherkess |
| See also | Ethnology--Caucasus |
| Scope note | 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. |
| Subject example tracing | Note under Adygei |
| Found in | Bolʹshai︠a︡ Sovetskai︠a︡ Ėnt︠s︡iklopedii︠a︡, 1978: v. 1, pp. 243-244; v. 29, p. 81. Britannica Micro.: p. 943. Ozhegov. Slovarʹ russkogo i︠a︡zyka. Smirnit︠s︡kiĭ. 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.) |
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