Karachays

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The Karachays are a Turkic-speaking ethnic group native to the mountainous region of the North Caucasus, primarily living in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic of Russia.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Karachays canonical 10
Balkars 2
Karachay 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Turkic people
ethnic group
autonomousUnit Karachay-Cherkess Republic
linked to: Karachay-Cherkessia
country Russia
countryOfDiaspora Germany
Jordan
Syria
Turkey
United States
deportedTo Kazakh SSR
Kyrgyz SSR
ethnicGroupOf North Caucasus
ethnogenesisRegion Central and Western North Caucasus
linked to: Western Caucasus
federalSubjectOfResidence Kabardino-Balkaria
Karachay-Cherkess Republic
linked to: Karachay-Cherkessia

Krasnodar Krai
Rostov Oblast
Stavropol Krai
formerScriptUsed Arabic script
Latin script
historicalEvent 1943 deportation to Central Asia by Soviet authorities
historicalTerritory Karachay
linked to: Karachays
language Karachay-Balkar language
linked to: Karachay-Balkar
languageFamily Turkic languages
nativeTo North Caucasus
mountainous regions of the North Caucasus
politicalStatusInRussia titular nation of Karachay-Cherkess Republic
primaryLocation Karachay-Cherkess Republic
linked to: Karachay-Cherkessia
recognizedAs indigenous small-numbered people of the Russian Federation
region North Caucasus
rehabilitatedIn 1957
relatedEthnicGroup Balkars
linked to: Balkar

Crimean Tatars
Kumyks
Nogais
religion Sunni Islam
religionBranch Hanafi school
returnedToHomeland late 1950s
scriptUsed Cyrillic script
subgroupOf Karachay-Balkar people
linked to: Karachay-Balkar
traditionalCulture Caucasian highland culture
traditionalDance Caucasian dances
traditionalEconomy agriculture
horse breeding
pastoralism
sheep herding
traditionalMusic epic songs
traditionalReligionBeforeIslam Tengriism
linked to: Tengrism

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

North Caucasus hasEthnicGroup Karachays
North Caucasus hasEthnicGroup Balkars
linked to: Karachays
Kabardino-Balkaria hasEthnicGroup Balkars
linked to: Karachays
Karachay-Cherkessia ethnicGroup Karachays
Karachays historicalTerritory Karachay
linked to: Karachays
Karachay-Balkar spokenBy Karachay people
linked to: Karachays
Ust-Dzheguta hasEthnicGroup Karachays
Narts associatedWith Karachays
Akhsar associatedPeople Karachays