Anapa: mud cabins and a medley of peoples
Editorial contextAnapa, the first Russian fortress on the Circassian coast, is described from notes by the expedition's historiographer: most houses were cabins of wood and mud thatched with maize leaves or reeds, and its 2,000 people included Circassians, Nogai Tatars, Kalmyks, Kumyks, Kabardians, 'Kazannes', Dagestanis and Bukharans. Spencer admits he did not land there himself.
The greater number of the houses of the town are mere cabins, constructed of wood and mud, thatched with the leaves of Indian corn or reeds. The inhabitants, consisting of Circassians, Nogay Tartars, Kalmucks, Komouks, Kabartis, Kazannes, Demikarponis, Daghistanes, Boukhares, with a few Greeks, Armenians, and Russians, speaking a medley of tongues
About Nogai Tatars, Kalmyks, Kumyks, Kazan Tatars and others
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Second-hand, as Spencer says.