Circassians thought they could be cute and make a little emirate since they had ottoman support
They constantly showed to to Russian embassies in dirty armor and threatened Catherine right to her face. Something along the lines of "get these settlers out ot we will kill them inshallah or however the resin is applied to the hookah". Keep in mind that the cossack settlers merely parked on unclaimed territory.
I don't like Puccia but the circassians got everything they deserved. They were kidnapping and enslaving children abd women in the area.
>>213748974That's just them tweaking. A minority of circassian ruling class converted to Christianity but that wasn't the religion of everyone a9nd they only did it for gifts