Karagash
карагаш-ногайлар | |
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_of_Astrakhan_(IA_deniofmanoutlinraces00rich).png) "Kundrof Tatar" (Karagash Noghay) 1906 | |
| Total population | |
| ca. 7,000 - 8,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| (Russia) | |
 Russia | 7,000 (2008) |
| Languages | |
| Nogai language | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Astrakhan Tatars, Nogay | |
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. They are one of the two groups designated as the Astrakhan Tatars. The largest Karagash settlement is the town of Rastopulovka.
Sources
- Wixman, Ronald. The Peoples of the Soviet Union: An Ethnographic Handbook. (Armonk: M. E> Sharp, 1984) p. 93
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