| Group | Karagash |
|---|---|
| Native name | карагаш-ногайлар |
| Population | ca. 7,000 - 8,000 |
| Popplace | (Russia) |
| Region 1 | Russia |
| Pop 1 | 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.
Sources
- Wixman, Ronald. The Peoples of the Soviet Union: An Ethnographic Handbook. (Armonk: M. E> Sharp, 1984) p. 93