| LC control no. | sh 94003019 |
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| LC classification | DK34.A27 |
| Topical heading | Adygei |
| Variant(s) | Adygeitsy Adygey Adyghe Adyghians Lower Circassians West Circassians |
| See also | Circassians Ethnology--Caucasus |
| Scope note | Here are entered works on the Lower or West Circassians, called Adygeitsy in Russian. Works on the Circassian peoples collectively, called Adyge in their own speech, including the Adygei and Kabardians, are entered under Circassians. |
| Subject example tracing | Note under Circassians |
| Found in | Akiner, S. Islamic peoples of the Soviet Union, 1986: p. 215-220 (Adygeis; own name, Adyge; Russian name: Adygejtsy) Britannica Micro.: v.1, p.106 (Adyghians, or Adygey, also called Lower Circassians) Kozlov, V. Peoples of the Soviet Union, 1988: p. 240-241 ("In the former [i.e. the Adygir sub-group] there are three closely related peoples: Kabargin, Cherkess and Adygei, having one general name--Adyge." Wixman, R. The peoples of the USSR, 1984: p. 5 (Adyge: collective self-designation of the Circassians. Adygei: self-designation Adyge, Russian designation Adygeitsy. "In the pre-Soviet period the Adygei were considered, along with the Cherkess and Kabard peoples, one Circassian people... In the late 1930s the Circassians were redivided into western (Adygei), central (Cherkess), and eastern (Kabard) groups") |
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