Group: | Karagash |
Native Name: | карагаш-ногайлар |
Population: | ca. 7,000 - 8,000 |
Popplace: | (Russia) |
Pop1: | 7,000 (2008) |
Rels: | Sunni Islam |
Langs: | Nogai (Karagash dialect) |
Related: | 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. The largest Karagash settlement is the town of Rastopulovka.