Kabardian of United States People Name: Kabardian Country:
United States Language: Kabardian Population: 3,720 Unreached:
Yes People Cluster: Caucasus Primary Religion: Islam %
Adherents: 0.00 % % Evangelical: 0.00 % Progress Status: 1.1
Profile provided by:  Joshua Project PO Box 62614 Colorado
Springs, CO 80962 United States   Introduction / History There
are two main groups of Circassian: the West, or Lower
Circassian, who speak Adyghey; and the East, or Upper
Circassian, who speak Kabardian.  Having lived in their original
homeland in the northwestern Caucasus for thousands of years,
the Circassian had contact with the many peoples who passed the
steppes to the north. During that time, they knew almost
constant warfare with these neighbors. The Circassian seem to
have been conquered three times during their history: first by
the Kok Turks; second, by the Mongols; and last, by the
Russians.  By the mid-1860's, roughly 90% of the Circassian
population had been either killed or forced to flee to various
part