| A few very rugged naturally fortified areas that were inhabited by Circassians and Kabardai remained unsubjugated. |
| Thus Circassians, Albanians, Slavs, Greeks, Armenians and even Italians rose to occupy the highest offices of the Empire. |
| Abkhazian belongs to the northwest Caucasian family of languages spoken by the Abazins, Adyghey, Kabardians, and Circassians. |
| In language, culture, and ethnic classification, Abkhazians are related to the Abazins, Adyghey, Kabardians, and Circassians. |
| Those who speak non-Turkic languages include Kurds, Armenians, Greeks, Circassians, Georgians, Laz, Arabs, Rom, Ossetes, Albanians, and Chechens. |
| The whole nation of Circassians numbering 400,000 people left their homeland in western Caucasus and moved to Turkey. |
