Samir Khotko

Samir Hamidovich Khotko (Adyghe: Хъоткъо Хьамид ыкъо Сэмир; born June 27, 1968; Izobilny, Stavropol Krai, Soviet Union) is a Circassian historian, Doctor of Historical Sciences, and head researcher of the Department of Ethnology and Folk Art of the Adyghe Republican Institute of Humanitarian Research.

He is the author of several monographs and a large number of articles in scientific journals on the topic of the medieval history of the Circassian people, the history of the Circassian diaspora, Circassian Mamluks, Circassian-Slavic ethnocultural ties in the Middle Ages and modern times, as well as source studies. He is the compiler of collections of documents and materials on agriculture, piracy, horse breeding, and the history of individual historical regions of Circassia.