Culture
Circassians: the place name only
Circassians (Adyghe) reached Dobrogea in the 1860s, refugees from the Caucasus taken by the Russian Empire. They stayed a short time. After 1877–1878 most left for Anatolia. The toponym remained.
What happened
They were settled in the north, around Babadag–Slava, beside Lipovans and Romanians. It was a community of Muslim refugees, not a footnote. The departure emptied houses. We do not fill the gap with costumes.
What you see today
Slava Cercheză is a lived-in village with a name. It is not a Circassian museum. Slava Rusă is the village next door, Lipovan, with Ibida. We do not mix them.
What we do not publish
Dance, costume, “Dobrogea Circassian tradition”, a tasting route. If an association announces a meeting in public, we can quote it with a source. Until then, the name remains.