Karachays

E130254

Turkic people ethnic group

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.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Karachays canonical	10
Balkars	2
Karachay	1
Karachay people	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Turkic people ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
autonomousUnit	Karachay-Cherkessia ⓘ surface form: Karachay-Cherkess Republic
country	Russia ⓘ
countryOfDiaspora	Germany ⓘ Jordan ⓘ Syria ⓘ Turkey ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
deportedTo	Kazakh SSR ⓘ Kyrgyz Soviet Socialist Republic ⓘ surface form: Kyrgyz SSR
ethnicGroupOf	North Caucasus ⓘ
ethnogenesisRegion	Western Caucasus ⓘ surface form: Central and Western North Caucasus
federalSubjectOfResidence	Kabardino-Balkaria ⓘ Karachay-Cherkessia ⓘ surface form: Karachay-Cherkess Republic Krasnodar Krai ⓘ Rostov Oblast ⓘ Stavropol Krai ⓘ
formerScriptUsed	Arabic script ⓘ Latin script ⓘ
historicalEvent	1943 deportation to Central Asia by Soviet authorities ⓘ
historicalTerritory	Karachays self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Karachay
language	Karachay-Balkar ⓘ surface form: Karachay-Balkar language
languageFamily	Turkic languages ⓘ
nativeTo	North Caucasus ⓘ mountainous regions of the North Caucasus ⓘ
politicalStatusInRussia	titular nation of Karachay-Cherkess Republic ⓘ
primaryLocation	Karachay-Cherkessia ⓘ surface form: Karachay-Cherkess Republic
recognizedAs	indigenous small-numbered people of the Russian Federation ⓘ
region	North Caucasus ⓘ
rehabilitatedIn	1957 ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup	Balkar ⓘ surface form: Balkars Crimean Tatars ⓘ Kumyks ⓘ Nogais ⓘ
religion	Sunni Islam ⓘ
religionBranch	Hanafi school ⓘ
returnedToHomeland	late 1950s ⓘ
scriptUsed	Cyrillic script ⓘ
subgroupOf	Karachay-Balkar ⓘ surface form: Karachay-Balkar people
traditionalCulture	Caucasian highland culture ⓘ
traditionalDance	Caucasian dances ⓘ
traditionalEconomy	agriculture ⓘ horse breeding ⓘ pastoralism ⓘ sheep herding ⓘ
traditionalMusic	epic songs ⓘ
traditionalReligionBeforeIslam	Tengrism ⓘ surface form: Tengriism

Referenced by (14)

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

North Caucasus → hasEthnicGroup → Karachays ⓘ

this entity surface form: Balkars

Kabardino-Balkaria → hasEthnicGroup → Karachays ⓘ

this entity surface form: Balkars

Karachay-Cherkessia → ethnicGroup → Karachays ⓘ

Karachays → historicalTerritory → Karachays self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Karachay

Turkic peoples → hasEthnicSubgroup → Karachays ⓘ

Karachay-Balkar → spokenBy → Karachays ⓘ

this entity surface form: Karachay people

Karachay-Balkar → ethnicAssociation → Karachays ⓘ

Ust-Dzheguta → hasEthnicGroup → Karachays ⓘ

Lezginka (North Caucasian dance) → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Karachays ⓘ

Karachayevsk → primaryEthnicGroups → Karachays ⓘ

Peoples of the Caucasus → hasSubgroup → Karachays ⓘ

Narts → associatedWith → Karachays ⓘ

Akhsar → associatedPeople → Karachays ⓘ