The first part of the monograph deals with the Adygean (Circassian) ethnic and political history, major issues of ethnic culture (everyday's structures, social, normative and humanitarian cultures), the second part - widespread in Circassia archaeological cultures and Circassian ornament. The monograph is added by an album, which includes the works of European and Russian artists of the 17-19th centuries depicting the life of the Circassian paople.