survey census, of the 240,000 Catholics who lived in Russia, 1.8% were Kabardians. Notable Kabardians Aleguko Shogenukov Alexander A. Cherkassky Alexey Cherkassky – Chancellor of the Russian Empire during the reign of Empress Elizabeth Alexander Bekovich-Cherkassky – Prince of Kabarda Alexander N. Bekovich-Cherkassky Amirkhan Shomakhov Atazhuko Atazhukin Armande Kumpal Kabartay Altaï-Magini Aslanbek Khushtov – Member of the Parliament of Kabardino-Balkarian Republic and athlete who has won a gold medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics Avenir Tchemerzine – Colonel of the Russian imperial army and mathematician before becoming a bibliographer Bidar Kadın – Imperial consort of Abdul Hamid II of the Ottoman Empire Boris Cherkassky Dmitry Cherkassky Doamna Ecaterina Cercheza – Princess consort of the Voivode of Moldavia as the wife of Vasile Lupu Elmirza Bekovich-Cherkassky Fyodor A. Bekovich-Cherkasski Fyodor N. Bekovich-Cherkasski Grigory Cherkassky Idar of Kabardia Inal the Great – Prince of Kabarda Ismail Bey Atazhukin Ivan Amashuk Ivan B. Cherkassky – Cousin of Michael I of Russia Ivan E. Cherkassky Jacop Cherkassky Kasbulat Cherkassky Kasei Atazhukin Kambulat Cherkassky Kelemet Cherkassky Kudenet Cherkassky Kurgoko Atazhukin Ladislas du Luart, Comtesse Leïla Hagondokoff – Recipient of the National Order of Merit and National Order of the Legion of Honor (Commander), model for the French high-fashion house Chanel Ludmilla Monique Tchérina Mahidevran – Imperial consort of Suleiman the Magnificent of the Ottoman Empire Mamstryuk Cherkassky Maria Temryukovna – Tsaritsa of the Tsardom of Russia as the wife of Ivan the Terrible Michael A. Cherkassky I Michael A. Cherkassky II Michael T. Cherkassky Michael Y. Cherkassky Mutsal Cherkassky Nikita Egupov-Cherkassky Peter Amashukov-Cherkassky Peter B. Cherkassky Roslanbek Atazhukin Rusudan of Circassia – Queen consort of Georgia (Kartli) as the wife of Vakhtang the Lawgiver Servetseza Kadın – First wife of Abdulmejid I of the Ottoman Empire Sholokh Cherkassky Simon Cherkassky Sunchalei Cherkassky Temryuk – Prince of Kabarda Vasily Amashukov-Cherkassky Vasily Kardanukovich Cherkassky Vladimir Cherkassky – Mayor of Moscow (1868–1870) Yefim Bekovich-Cherkassky Yuri Temirkanov – Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra since 1988 Zaur Tutov See also Kabardia Other Circassian tribes: Abzakh Besleney Bzhedug Hatuqwai Mamkhegh Natukhai Shapsug Temirgoy Ubykh Yegeruqwai Zhaney References Circassians Circassian tribes Ethnic groups in Russia History of Kuban Kabardino-Balkaria Karachay-Cherkessia Muslim communities of Russia Ossetia Adygea Ethnic groups in Turkey Ethnic groups in Jordan