Shapsugs

Turkish-American surgeon, TV host, and government official (born 1960)

thumb|263px|Adyghe (Circassian) knight

Circassian village in Israel

circassian military commander

Turkish military leader (1886–1949)

former district in Krasnodar Krai

Shapsug sub-dialect

dialect of Adyghe

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.