Circassians in Kosovo
The Circassians in Kosovo (Adyghe: Косовам ис Адыгэхэр, romanized: Kosovam yis Adıgəxər; Albanian: Çerkezët në Kosovë; Serbian: Черкези на Косову) were a group of the Circassian people who lived in Kosovo beginning in the mid-19th century, when they were exiled during the Circassian genocide to the Ottoman Empire after the Russo-Circassian War. During this time, the Circassians in Kosovo were from three of the twelve Adyghe tribes: the Abzakh, Shapsug and Ubykh. In 1998 they numbered 200.
The village of Mafekhabl, which was founded by the Kosovo Circassians who returned to the Caucasus | |
| Total population | |
| 40,000 (1870) 6,400 (1890) 200 (1998) | |
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| Circassian, Albanian | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam | |
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| other Circassians |
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