Karagash

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Karagash
карагаш-ногайлар
The Races of Man, figure 107 Kundrof Tatar (Turkoman) of Astrakhan (IA deniofmanoutlinraces00rich).png
"Kundrof Tatar" (Karagash Noghay) 1906
Total population
ca. 7,000 - 8,000
Regions with significant populations
(Russia)
Flag of Russia.svg Russia 7,000 (2008)
Languages
Nogai (Karagash dialect)
Religion
Sunni Islam
Related ethnic groups
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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