E.P. Alekseeva's monograph highlights the ethnic and socio-economic history of the ancient and medieval population living in the upper Kuban and Zelenchuk, which is now part of the Karachay-Cherkess Autonomous Region. The book offered to the reader by E.P. Alekseeva "The Ancient and Medieval History of Karachay-Cherkessia" gives a modern scientific idea of ​ ​ the historical fate of the peoples inhabiting it, and highlights the origin and socio-economic development of the Circassians (Circassians), Abazins, Karachais and Nogais.