Karagash Explained

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.

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