Telengits

Telengits or Telengut () are a Turkic ethnic group native to Central Asia that are recognized as one of the minor indigenous peoples of Russia. They mainly live in the Kosh-Agachsky District of the federal Altai Republic.

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Vinony's link graph records 406 inbound references to Telengits, and connects out to Kyrgyz people, Kazakhs and Russia.

It is catalogued under topics including Altai people, Ethnic groups in Russia and Indigenous peoples of Siberia.

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Key facts

Ethnic group.group: Telengits
Ethnic group.image: File:Telengits.jpg
Ethnic group.image_caption: Pavel Mikhailovich Kosharov - "Telengits", 1889
Ethnic group.pop1: 3,712
Ethnic group.languages: Southern Altai (Telengit), Russian
Ethnic group.religions: Tengrism, Russian Orthodox, Burkhanism
Ethnic group.related: Teleuts, Altai-Kizhi, Kyrgyz, Siberian Tatars, and other Turkic peoples
Ethnic group.native_name: Телеҥеттер

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: people
Subclass of: human population
Part of: Altai people
Country: Russia
Located in: Altai Republic
Population: 2730

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topic's main category: Category:Indigenous peoples of the Altai Republic
different from: Teleuts
Commons category: Telengits

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

History
Ethnicity in the Altai
Culture
Religion
Connection to the land
See also
References
Sources
External links

== History == Chinese chroniclers might have mentioned Telengits as Middle Chinese: *, (Standard Mandarin Chinese: ). During Dzungar domination, the Telengits had to pay a fur tribute or yasak to the Dzungars.

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