Shkhancheriekhabl

Shkhancheriekhabl was a Circassian aul in the country south of the Kuban River, among the settlements of the Adyghe people. The lowlands here give way southward to the foothills of the Caucasus, while streams drain toward the Kuban. Its name preserves the Circassian element for a settlement or neighbourhood, found in many other aul names across this region. The surrounding land belonged to a world of villages and grazing grounds between the mountains and the river.