The Circassian ethnic group comprises the Adyghe [ENG] , the Abkhaz [ENG], the Ubykh [ENG], the Cherkess, the Shapsugs and the Kabardins [ENG], mainly in northwestern Caucasus (south of Russia) within the Autonomous Republics of Adyghea, Kabardino-Balkaria and Karatchaevo-Therkessia, but also in a large diaspora all over the world, but mostly in Turkey, Jordan and the USA.