What is "cherkesogai"

Cherkesogai or Circassian Armenians ( cherk'ezahayer; ; Kabardian/ Adyghe: Адыгэ-ермэлы) sometimes referred to as Ermeli ( Kabardian/ Adyghe: ермэлы), Mountainous Armenians , Kuban Armenians are ethnic Armenians who inhabit Russia's Krasnodar Krai and Republic of Adyghea since the end of 15th century that spoke the Adyghe language (currently, most of them speak Russian as their first language), apart from other Armenians living in the region. They reside mostly in the cities of Armavir and Maykop. Total number of Cherkosogai Armenians is about 50 thousand people (2008 estimation). According to Russian 2002 Census 230 Armenians speak Adyghe language and 222 speak Kabardian language as native.