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Guaye

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TheGuaye[1][2](Adyghe:Гъоае,romanized:Ğoaye) were one of theCircassiantribes. They were destroyed after theCircassian genocidefollowing theRusso-Circassian War,as not a single member survived.[3]

Mentions[edit]

In 1857, Leonty Yakovlevich Lyulie gave a description of them, which was the last known mention of them in history.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^"Čerkesses".E.J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam 1913–1936.Volume II. Leiden, 1987. p. 834. 9789004082656
  2. ^Культура адыгов: по свидетельствам европейских авторов. Ельбрус, 1993.
  3. ^abАдыгская (Черкесская) энциклопедия. Москва, 2006