Information AboutKarachays |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT KARACHAYS | |
| turkic peoples | |
| ethnic groups in russia | |
| ethnic groups in turkey | |
| ethnic groups in kazakhstan | |
| karachay-cherkessia | |
| peoples of the caucasus | |
| SHOPPER'S DELIGHT | |
The Karachay are a Turkic People of the Ciscaucasus , primarily living in the Russian republic of Karachay-Cherkessia . In 1943 , the Karachay people were Forcibly Resettled to Karaganda area of Kazakhstan . During the Khrushchev times they were resettled to the Kuban River basin The Karachay dialect of Karachay-Balkar Language is of the Northwestern branch of Turkic Languages . The Karachay are predominantly Sunni Muslim . They often fuse pre-islamic pagan traditions with that of Islam. SEE ALSO |