Article · Wikipedia archive · Last revised Jul 22, 2026

Guaye

The Guaye were one of the Circassian tribes. They were destroyed after the Circassian genocide following the Russo-Circassian War, as not a single member survived.

Last revised
Jul 22, 2026
Read time
≈ 1 min
Length
93 w
Citations
3
Source


The Guaye12 (Adyghe: Гъуае) were one of the Circassian tribes. They were destroyed after the Circassian genocide following the Russo-Circassian War, as not a single member survived.3

Mentions

In 1857, Leonty Yakovlevich Lyulie gave a description of them, which was the last known mention of them in history. In 1930, the ethnographer Leonid Lavrov noted some Guaye families living in the village of Tkhagapsh.

References

References

  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. Адыгская (Черкесская) энциклопедия. Москва, 2006