Republic of Adygea

Republic of Adygea

The westernmost Caucasian republic of Adygea is what remains today of the Black Sea region of the historical Circassia, which stretched from the border of Abkhazia in the south to the Sea of Azov in the north before 1864. Adygea is an enclave within the borders of Krasnodar Krai, although it lies, as the crow flies, approx. 19km from Abkhazia and 24km from Karachay-Cherkessia. The republican capitol Maikop has a population of 141.475. The second largest urban center is Adigeysk (Adygekale).

The northern part of the republic is lowlands while the southern part is mountainous comprising the western part of the Caucasus Mountain range. 40% of the land area of the republic is covered by forests. Being close to the Black Sea, Adygea has a milder climate.

Following the establishment of Soviet power in the North Caucasus, Cherkess (Adygea) Autonomous Oblast was founded in July 1922 in parts of the modern-day Adygea. A month later, its name was changed to Adygean (Cherkess) Autonomous Oblast. It would change once more in August 1928 to Adygea Autonomous Oblast which would remain intact until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 when Adygea separated from Krasnodar Krai and became one of the constituent national republics of the newly independent Russian Federation, albeit a landlocked one.

With its own local parliament and other symbols of an autonomous statehood that include having Circassian and Russian as two official languages, Adygea’s population is 463.088 which consists of Circassians (26%), Russians (64.5%) and others, including Armenians, Kurds, Ukrainians and the Roma.

Halk (*)
Nüfus / Oran
1979 Sayımı (bin kişi)
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2002 Sayımı (bin kişi)
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2010 Sayımı (bin kişi)
Nüfus / Oran
Rus 285,6 / % 70,6 288,3 / % 64,5 270,7 / % 63,6
Çerkes 86,4 / % 21,4 108,1 / % 24,2 109,2 / % 25,8
Ermeni 6,4 / % 1,6 15,3 / % 3,4 15,6 / % 3,7
Ukraynalı 12,1 / % 3,0 9,1 / % 2,0 5,9 / % 1,4
Kürt - 3,6 4,5 / % 1,1
Tatar 2,4 2,9 2,6 / % 0,6
Çingene 1,1 1,8 2,4 / % 0,5
Belorus 2,2 1,9 Veri Yok
Rum 1,0 1,7 Veri Yok
Azeri - 1,4 Veri Yok
Alman 1,4 1,2 Veri Yok
Çeçen - 1,1 Veri yok

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