House of Berzeg

House of Berzeg
Дыпщэу Барзагь
Circassian house of privateer origin
Country Circassia (formerly)
 Russian Empire (formerly)
Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus (formerly)
 Soviet Union (formerly)
 Russia
 Turkey
Place of originMytykhuasua (now Plastunka), Ş̂açə, Circassia
FoundedUnknown (Unknown)
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House of Berzeg (ਨ) (Ubykh: Дыпщэу Барзагь, Russian: Берзег, Turkish: Berzeg Ailesi) is a Circassian privateer house of Ubykhia of Circassia, who controlled the entirety of valley of the Sochi River (on its right bank, two hours from the sea) and entirety of the Mytykhuasua[1] (now Plastunka) village of Ş̂açə (Sochi) until the end of Russo-Circassian War.[2][3] After 1838, he acted as a diplomat between Circassia and England.[4] They were known for their privateer activities along the Black Sea coast of Circassia. They are found in Adygea and Krasnodar Krai within Russian Federation; as well as in Republic of Turkey due to Circassian Genocide in the present day.[5] Currently, members of House Berzeg who live in Turkey uses their original family name (as Korhan Berzeg) due to the Surname Law of the Republic of Turkey.

  1. ^ "Giranduko Berzeg". Archived from the original on 31 July 2019.
  2. ^ В. И. Ворошилов. История убыхов: очерки по истории и этнографии Большого Сочи с древнейших времен до середины XIX в. (рус.). — Майкоп: Афиша, 2006. — ISBN 5-7992-0377-1.
  3. ^ Г. И. Филипсон. Воспоминания (рус.). — М.: Кучково поле, 2019. — С. 236, 238, 316, 321. — (Военные мемуары). — ISBN 978-5-9950-0989-4.
  4. ^ "Haji Ismail Berzeg "Circassian Washington" from the Ubykh clan". Haji Ismail Berzeg “Circassian Washington” from the Ubykh clan. Vitality Shtybin. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Giranduko Berzeg". Muammer Dursun Erer. 2013. Archived from the original on 24 April 2020.