Chugush, Mountain summit in Adygea, Russia.

Chugush is a mountain in the Western Caucasus, in the upper reaches of the Belaya River, and the highest point of the Republic of Adygea at 3,238 m. It is composed of gneisses, crystalline schists and granites. Beech-fir forests cover its slopes, with subalpine meadows above; ten cirque and hanging glaciers lie on the northern and eastern slopes.

Chugush appears in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (1890–1907) under the name Shugus, and on the 1968 Soviet 1:200,000 map sheet K-37-V. The mountain lies in the Western Caucasus at the source of the Belaya River and is the highest point of the Republic of Adygea.

The name Chugush comes from Adyghe roots, variously interpreted as 'summit of the earth', 'Chua's mountain pasture' or 'protector of trees'. The Abadzekhs and Shapsugs called the mountain Achazhiyshkho, 'the peak of old goats (turs)'. These names are recorded in Russian sources on the mountain.

Chugush lies in the Western Caucasus at the sources of the Belaya River, in Adygea rather than Krasnodar Krai. Climbers reach the summit by routes of difficulty 2-A to 2-B, and the massif is also the starting point of the Berezovaya, Chessu and Kishi rivers, right tributaries of the Belaya.

Chugush serves as the highest point in the Republic of Adygea with glaciers on its northern and eastern slopes feeding the Belaya River system through tributaries like Chessu and Kisha.