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North Caucasian peoples is a term used to describe a peoples speaking North Caucasian languages
North Caucasian languages

North Caucasian languages is a blanket term for two language Language family spoken chiefly in the north Caucasus and Turkey: the Northwest Caucasian languages family and the Northeast Caucasian languages family ; the latter includes the former North-central Caucasian languages family....
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h Caucasian peoples are:

largest North Caucasian peoples are Chechens (800,000), and Avars (500,000). Some of the North Caucasian peoples possess their autonomous republics within the Russian Federation
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
: Adyghe (Adygea
Adygea

The Republic of Adygea is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia enclaved within Krasnodar Krai. Its size is 7,600 km? with a population of almost 450,000....
), Cherkess (Karachay-Cherkessia
Karachay-Cherkessia

Karachay-Cherkess Republic , or Karachay-Cherkessia is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . The direct romanization of Russian of the republic's Russian name is Karachayevo-Cherkesskaya Respublika or Karachayevo-Cherkessiya....
), Kabardins (Kabardino-Balkaria
Kabardino-Balkaria

The Kabardino-Balkar Republic , or Kabardino-Balkaria , is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia located in the North Caucasus. The direct Romanization of Russian of the republic's name in the Russian language is Kabardino-Balkarskaya Respublika, or Kabardino-Balkariya....
), Ingush (Ingushetia
Ingushetia

The Republic of Ingushetia is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia , located in the North Caucasus region with its capital at Magas. The republic is the smallest of Russia's federal subjects except two federal cities, Moscow and Saint Petersburg....
), Chechens (Chechnya
Chechnya

The Chechen Republic , or, informally, Chechnya , sometimes referred to as Ichkeria , Chechnia, Chechenia or Nox?iyn, is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia....
), while Northeast Caucasian peoples mostly live in Dagestan
Dagestan

The Republic of Dagestan , older spelling Daghestan, is a federal subjects of Russia of the Russia ....
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North Caucasian peoples is a term used to describe a peoples speaking North Caucasian languages
North Caucasian languages

North Caucasian languages is a blanket term for two language Language family spoken chiefly in the north Caucasus and Turkey: the Northwest Caucasian languages family and the Northeast Caucasian languages family ; the latter includes the former North-central Caucasian languages family....
.

Peoples

North Caucasian peoples are:
  • Northwest Caucasian peoples:
    • Abkhazians
      Abkhaz people

      The Abkhazians or Abkhaz are a Caucasus ethnic group, mainly living in Republic of Abkhazia. A large Abkhazian diaspora lives in Turkey who are descendants of Abkhazians who emigrated from the Caucasus in the late 19th century as part of Muhajir ....
    • Abazins
      Abazins

      The Abazins are a people who live mostly in Karachay-Cherkessia and Adygeya of Russia. An Abazin diaspora exists in Turkey, Jordan, Syria, Egypt and various other Arab countries, most of which are descendants of refugees from the Caucasian War with the Imperial Russia....
    • Adyghe
    • Cherkes
      Cherkes

      Cherkes are an ethnic group of the northwestern Caucasus region and are a part of the Adyghe people nation. Principally inhabiting northern Karachay-Cherkessia as well as four villages of Adygeya: Khodz, Blechepsin, Koshekhabl, and Ulyap....
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    • Kabardins
      Kabard

      Kabarda or Kabard are terms referring to a people of the northern Caucasus more commonly known by the plural term Kabardin . Originally they comprised the semi-nomadic eastern branch of what was once the Adyghe people tribal fellowship....
    • Ubykh
      Ubykh people

      }Ubykh people are a group who spoke the Northwest Caucasian languages Ubykh language, until other local languages displaced it and its last speaker finally died in 1992....
  • Nakh peoples
    Nakh peoples

    The Nakh or Vainakh peoples are a group of peoples of the Caucasus of the North Caucasus region, speaking Nakh languages, including the Chechens, Ingush people, Bats people and Kist peoples of the Caucasus region....
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    • Bats
      Bats people

      The Bats people or the Batsbi are a small Nakh languages-speaking community in Georgia who are also known as the Ts?ova-Tush after the Ts?ova Gorge in the historic Georgian province of Tusheti , where they settled after migrating from the North Caucasus in the 16th century....
    • Kists
      Kist people

      The Kists are a Nakh languages-speaking ethnic group in Georgia related to the Chechen people and Ingush people peoples. They primarily live in Pankisi Gorge of the eastern Georgian region of Kakheti where their total number is approximate to 5,000 people....
    • Chechens
      Chechen people

      Chechens constitute the largest native ethnic group originating in the North Caucasus region. They refer to themselves as Nokhchii , which comes from the name of a large Chechen teip, the Nokhchmekhkakhoi, and their homeland....
    • Ingush
      Ingush people

      The Ingush are an ethnic group of the North Caucasus, mostly inhabiting the Russian republic of Ingushetia. They refer to themselves as Ghalghai ....
  • Northeast Caucasian peoples:
    • Avars
      Caucasian Avars

      Avars or Caucasian Avars are a modern people of Caucasus, mainly of Dagestan, in which they are the predominant group. The Caucasian Avar language belongs to the Northeast Caucasian languages family ....
    • Aguls
      Aguls

      Aguls are a people in Dagestan, Russia. According to the 2002 census, there were 28,297 Aguls in Russia . The Agul language belongs to the Northeast_Caucasian_languages#Lezgic_family, a group of the Northeast Caucasian languages family....
    • Dargins
      Dargin people

      The Dargin people are an ethnic North-East Caucasian group of the Caucasus who live mainly in the Russian republic of Dagestan. They speak the Dargin language....
    • Laks
      Lak people (Dagestan)

      The Laks are an ethnic group numbering about 156,500, of which approximately 140,000 live in Dagestan, historically mostly in the central mountainous parts....
    • Lezgins
      Lezgins

      The Lezgins are an ethnic group, living predominantly in southern Dagestan and north-eastern Azerbaijan, who speak the Lezgian language.In the 19th century, the term was used more broadly for all ethnic groups speaking Northeast Caucasian languages, including Avars, Laks, and many others....
    • Rutuls
      Rutuls

      Rutuls are an ethnic group in Dagestan and some parts of Azerbaijan. According to the 2002 census, there were 29,929 Rutuls in Russia . The population figure for Rutuls in Azerbaijan is unknown since many of them choose to associate themselves with Lezgins....
    • Tabasarans
      Tabasaran people

      The Tabasarans are an ethnic group who live mostly in Dagestan, Russia. Their population in Russia is about 132,000. They speak the Tabasaran language. They are mainly Sunni Muslims. Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva is half Tabasaran....
    • Tsakhurs
    • Udins
      Udi people

      The Udis ? are one of the most ancient native peoples of Caucasus, residing in the historical Azerbaijan.They live in Azerbaijan - the village of Nij, Azerbaijan of the region of Kabala, Oguz and Baku....
    • Archins
      Archi people

      The Archins are an ethnic group who live mostly in Dagestan, Russia. Their total population is about 1,200. They speak the Archi language. Their habitat is about 2,000 metres above sea level in the Kara-Koisu basin of a range of the Caucasus....


Location

The largest North Caucasian peoples are Chechens (800,000), and Avars (500,000). Some of the North Caucasian peoples possess their autonomous republics within the Russian Federation
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
: Adyghe (Adygea
Adygea

The Republic of Adygea is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia enclaved within Krasnodar Krai. Its size is 7,600 km? with a population of almost 450,000....
), Cherkess (Karachay-Cherkessia
Karachay-Cherkessia

Karachay-Cherkess Republic , or Karachay-Cherkessia is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . The direct romanization of Russian of the republic's Russian name is Karachayevo-Cherkesskaya Respublika or Karachayevo-Cherkessiya....
), Kabardins (Kabardino-Balkaria
Kabardino-Balkaria

The Kabardino-Balkar Republic , or Kabardino-Balkaria , is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia located in the North Caucasus. The direct Romanization of Russian of the republic's name in the Russian language is Kabardino-Balkarskaya Respublika, or Kabardino-Balkariya....
), Ingush (Ingushetia
Ingushetia

The Republic of Ingushetia is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia , located in the North Caucasus region with its capital at Magas. The republic is the smallest of Russia's federal subjects except two federal cities, Moscow and Saint Petersburg....
), Chechens (Chechnya
Chechnya

The Chechen Republic , or, informally, Chechnya , sometimes referred to as Ichkeria , Chechnia, Chechenia or Nox?iyn, is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia....
), while Northeast Caucasian peoples mostly live in Dagestan
Dagestan

The Republic of Dagestan , older spelling Daghestan, is a federal subjects of Russia of the Russia ....
. Abkhazians live in Abkhazia
Abkhazia

Abkhazia is a disputed region on the eastern coast of the Black Sea. Since its declaration of independence from Georgia in 1991 during the Georgian?Abkhaz conflict, it is governed by the International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia Republic of Abkhazia....
, which is de facto independent, but de jure is autonomous republic within Georgia.

See also

  • North Caucasian languages
    North Caucasian languages

    North Caucasian languages is a blanket term for two language Language family spoken chiefly in the north Caucasus and Turkey: the Northwest Caucasian languages family and the Northeast Caucasian languages family ; the latter includes the former North-central Caucasian languages family....