Hakuchey
Sign in to saveThe Hakuchey or Hakuch ( ) were a Circassian warrior clan who were mostly destroyed in the Circassian genocide and the Russo-Circassian War. The remaining adherents were assimilated into the Shapsug tribe. They used to speak Hakuchi, a sub-dialect of the Shapsug dialect of the western dialect of the Circassian language.
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The Hakuchey or Hakuch ( ) were a Circassian warrior clan who were mostly destroyed in the Circassian genocide and the Russo-Circassian War. The remaining adherents were assimilated into the Shapsug tribe. They used to speak Hakuchi, a sub-dialect of the Shapsug dialect of the western dialect of the Circassian language.
== History == The Hakuch led the longest resistance against the Russians in the Russo-Circassian War, not surrendering until 1870, and as a result were widely exterminated.