Karagash
карагаш-ногайлар | |
|---|---|
"Kundrof Tatar" (Karagash Noghay) 1906 | |
| Total population | |
| ca. 7,000 - 8,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| (Russia) | |
| 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.