About this book:

Discover Adygea: a small republic with an enormous history, nestled in the northwestern Caucasus at the meeting point of mountains, rivers, empires, and cultures. From Paleolithic caves and ancient Maykop kurgans to medieval Circassian society, Ottoman diplomacy, Russian expansion, and the trauma of 1864, this sweeping narrative reveals how one mountain people endured conquest, displacement, and transformation without losing sight of who they were.

At once scholarly and accessible, *A History of Adygea* follows the Adyghe through war, exile, Soviet rule, national awakening, and the struggle to preserve language and tradition in the modern world. It is a story of resilience, memory, and identity—of a land where dolmens, codes of honor, imperial rivalries, and contemporary politics all belong to the same unfolding past.

For readers drawn to the Caucasus, forgotten empires, diaspora histories, and the lives of peoples shaped by the fault lines of history, this book offers a rich, compelling portrait of Adygea’s enduring spirit.