House of Dipsheu | |
Native Name: | Дыпщэу Лъэпкъ |
Native Name Lang: | Circassian |
Type: | Circassian house of privateer origin |
Coat Of Arms Size: | 200px |
Country: | (formerly) (formerly) Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus (formerly) (formerly) Turkey |
Etymology: | Dipsheu (Дыпщэу) meaning "our Psheu" in Ubykh dialect of Circassian |
Origin: | Psheu valley, Ubykhia, Circassia (present-day Psou River, Krasnodar Krai, Russia and northwesternmost Abkhazia) |
House of Dipsheu (also referred to as Dipshow or Psheu) (Дыпщэу Лъэпкъ, Russian: Дипшов, Turkish: Dipşov Ailesi) is a Circassian privateer house of Ubykhia of Circassia, who controlled the entirety of Psou River until the end of Russo-Circassian War. They were known for their privateer activities along the Black Sea coast of Circassia. They are found in Adygea and Krasnodar Krai within Russian Federation; as well as in Republic of Turkey due to Circassian Genocide in the present day.
Dipsheu means "our Psheu" in Дипшэу, referring that the family ruled over the valley which Psou River is flowing through, which is the present-day border of Russian Federation and Abkhazia.