FROM YEKATERINODAR TO JEDDAH: ON THE PILGRIMAGE ROUTES OF THE ADYGHE OF THE KUBAN REGION IN THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY
Journal: History Archeology and Ethnography of the Caucasus
Year: 2026

This article addresses the previously unexamined issue of the pilgrimage routes taken by the Adyghe of the Kuban region to Mecca and Medina. The author aims to characterize the Hajj routes of Kuban’s Adyghe Muslims, including major railway and maritime waypoints, while identifying the local actors involved in organizing the pilgrimage. A pivotal role in organizing the Hajj for Muslims of the Russian Empire was played by the “Temporary Rules on Muslim Pilgrimage” of 1903. By the early 20th centur