sykhes

Updated: May 6, 2025

This is not, however, the opinion of Pallas, who looks upon them as a separate tribe of the Alain family. The Tchetchentse language greatly resembles the Samoyede and other Siberian dialects, as well as those of the Slavs. The Tcherkesses, or Circassians, are the Sykhes of the Greeks. They formerly inhabited the eastern Caucasus and the Crimea.

Jules Verne - Celebrated Travels and Travellers: Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century