Circassians in Kosovo

Circassians in Kosovo
Çerkezët në Kosovë (Albanian)
Черкези на Косову (Serbian)
Косовам ис Адыгэхэр (Adyghe)
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)
Regions with significant populations
Mitrovica District (formerly)
Mafekhabl, Adygea (present)
Languages
Circassian, Albanian, Serbo-Croatian, Russian
Religion
Sunni Islam
Related ethnic groups
other Circassians

The Circassians in Kosovo 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.