Zhane tribe

The Zhane were one of the twelve major Circassian tribes, representing one of the twelve stars on the green-and-gold Circassian flag. They lived in the Zhane Principality of Circassia.

History

The Zhane were a very powerful Circassian tribe in the past. They lived the north of the Natukhaj tribe's land on the coast of the Black Sea and Azov Sea in Eastern Europe. A map of the 17th century also shows they lived right by the coast of the lower flow of Kubans, beyond Taman and Atchu. As a result of the bloody Russian–Circassian War and the subsequent genocide, the Zhaney tribe was almost wholly destroyed, as only 3 families survived.Дубровин, Н. (1871). Исторія войны и владычества русскихъ на Кавказѣ. Томъ I: Очеркъ Кавказа и народовъ его населяющихъ [History of the War and Domination of Russians in the Caucasus. Volume I: An Essay on the Caucasus and the Peoples Inhabiting It] (in Russian). Vol. 1. Saint Petersburg: Типографія Департамента Удѣловъ. pp. 157–158, 163–164.

See also Other Circassian tribes: Abzakh Besleney Bzhedug Hatuqay Kabardian Mamkhegh Natukhai Shapsug Chemguy Ubykh Yegeruqwai

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