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Principality of Zhane

The Principality of Zhane was a Circassian principality in Circassia inhabited by the Zhane, a Circassian sub-ethnic group. During the 16th and 17th centuries, it was one of the largest and most powerful principality in Western Circassia. Their lands were a constant battlefield for centuries and this weakened them. During the Russo-Circassian War, Russian military operations and plague further reduced their population. In 1802, a campaign by Black Sea Cossacks of the Russian Empire destroyed the remaining settlements and ended the political independence of the principality. Prince Netakhoqo Zan later tried to reunite the survivors into a single settlement. Following his death in the early 1830s, the majority integrated into the Bzhedug, Shapsug, and Natukhaj sub-ethnic groups.

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• ▸Bundeswehr
• ▸Daming Palace
• ▸Borky Castle

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