Karagash
The Karagash (or as they call themselves, Qaragashly, and Qaragash-nogailar) are one of the ethnic Nogay groups that live in the vicinity of Astrakhan, Russia. The largest Karagash settlement is the town of Rastopulovka.
карагаш-ногайлар | |
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"Kundrof Tatar" (Karagash Noghay) 1906 | |
Total population | |
ca. 7,000 - 8,000 | |
Regions with significant populations | |
(Russia) | |
7,000 (2008) | |
Languages | |
Nogai | |
Religion | |
Sunni Islam | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Nogay |
Sources
- Wixman, Ronald. The Peoples of the Soviet Union: An Ethnographic Handbook. (Armonk: M. E> Sharp, 1984) p. 93
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