Balkars
Sign in to saveBalkars ( or аланла, romanized: alanla or таулула, , 'mountaineers') are a Turkic ethnic group in the North Caucasus region, one of the titular populations of Kabardino-Balkaria.
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Balkars are a Turkic ethnic group living in the North Caucasus region of Russia, where they are one of the main populations of the republic of Kabardino-Balkaria. Their name, meaning "mountaineers," reflects their historical presence in the Caucasus Mountains.
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Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Balkars Малкъарлыла
- Ethnic group.image
- 250px
- Ethnic group.image_caption
- Balkar elders from Baksan, 1885
- Ethnic group.population
- 135,000
- Ethnic group.pop1
- 125,044120,898
- Ethnic group.pop2
- 3,000 - 4,000
- Ethnic group.pop3
- 1,000
- Ethnic group.pop4
- 2,600
- Ethnic group.pop5
- 1,500
- Ethnic group.pop6
- 900
- Ethnic group.rels
- Sunni Islam
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10 sectionsContents
- Identity
- History
- Ethnogenesis
- Caucasian War
- Deportation
- Language and literacy
- Notable Balkars
- See also
- Notes
- References
Balkars ( or аланла, romanized: alanla or таулула, , 'mountaineers') are a Turkic ethnic group in the North Caucasus region, one of the titular populations of Kabardino-Balkaria.
Their Karachay-Balkar language is of the Ponto-Caspian subgroup of the Northwestern (Kipchak) group of Turkic languages.