Balkar people

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The Balkar people are a Turkic ethnic group native to the North Caucasus region of Russia, primarily living in the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Balkars 5
Balkar people canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
autonomousEntity Kabardino-Balkarian Republic NERFINISHED
capitalRegionCenter Nalchik NERFINISHED
country Russia
culturalArea Caucasian Turkic culture
deportationDestination Central Asia NERFINISHED
Kazakh SSR NERFINISHED
Kyrgyz SSR NERFINISHED
deportationYear 1944
deportedBy Soviet government NERFINISHED
ethnicGroupOf Russia NERFINISHED
ethnogenesisRegion Central Caucasus mountains NERFINISHED
federalSubjectOfResidence Kabardino-Balkarian Republic NERFINISHED
historicalExperience Soviet deportations of peoples NERFINISHED
language Balkar language
languageFamily Kipchak branch of Turkic languages
linguisticBranch Kipchak-Cuman NERFINISHED
minorityStatus ethnic minority in Russia
nativeTo North Caucasus NERFINISHED
partOf indigenous peoples of the North Caucasus
populationCountry Russia NERFINISHED
primaryRegion Kabardino-Balkaria NERFINISHED
recognizedAs indigenous small-numbered peoples of Russia
region Caucasus
rehabilitationYear 1957
relatedEthnicGroup Karachay people NERFINISHED
Kazakhs NERFINISHED
Kumyk people NERFINISHED
Kyrgyz NERFINISHED
Nogai people NERFINISHED
Tatars NERFINISHED
religion Islam
Sunni Islam
religiousSchool Hanafi Sunni Islam NERFINISHED
returnedTo Kabardino-Balkaria NERFINISHED
scriptUsedCurrently Cyrillic script
scriptUsedHistorically Arabic script
Latin script
selfDesignation малкъар (Malkar) NERFINISHED
subregion Central Caucasus NERFINISHED
traditionalOccupation animal husbandry
mountain agriculture
pastoralism
traditionalReligionElements Sunni Islam NERFINISHED
pre-Islamic beliefs
traditionalTerritory Baksan River valley NERFINISHED
Chegem River valley NERFINISHED
Cherek River valley NERFINISHED

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

Karachay-Balkar spokenBy Balkar people
Karachay-Balkar ethnicAssociation Balkar people
this entity surface form: Balkars
Lezginka (North Caucasian dance) associatedWithEthnicGroup Balkar people
this entity surface form: Balkars
Peoples of the Caucasus hasSubgroup Balkar people
this entity surface form: Balkars
Narts associatedWith Balkar people
this entity surface form: Balkars
Akhsar associatedPeople Balkar people
this entity surface form: Balkars