wpaadminKaraims Karaims Population about 6,000 Language group Kypchak group of Turkic languages Language Karaimic Region Lithuania, Ukraine (the Crimea) Religion Karaim beliefs *Population estimates for 1994 The Karaims are a small nationality. At present, the majority of them speak Russian. Their household and everyday life is not much different from that of the peoples among … Read more
Karakalpaks Karakalpaks Population 424,000 Language group Kypchak Turkic Language Karakalpak Region Karakalpak Republic (Russia), Fergan and Khoresm Region of Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan Capital Nukus Religion Islam *Population estimates for 1994 Among the oldest ancestors of the Karakalpaks were the Sakomas tribes, who lived on the south coast of the Aral Sea during the seventh to … Read more
Karelians Karelians Population 131,000 Language group Finno-Ugrian Language Karelian Region Karelian Autonomous Republic Capital Petrozavodsk Religion Christianity (Russian Orthodox) *Population estimates for 1994 The Karelians (or Karyalan as they call themselves) are the people living primarily in Karelia. There are also some who live in the Kalinin region. These people include the so-called Tver or … Read more
Kazakhs Kazakhs Population 16,464,000 Language group Kypchak Turkic Language Kazakh Region Kazakhstan Religion Islam (Sunnite), Christianity (Orthodox, Catholicism) *Population estimates for 1994 The Kazakh lands are beautiful, rich, and boundless like the ocean. Every visitor to Kazakhstan is impressed, not only by its vast territories, but by the contrasts of nature as well. Frigid Siberia, … Read more
Ket Ket Population 1,100 Language group Paleoasiatic Language Ketic Region Krasnoyarsky Krai Religion Shamanism *Population estimates for 1994 When the Russians came to the Yenisei river in the nineteenth century, there was a great number of tribes inhabiting its basin. Each tribe spoke a different language from those of the surrounding peoples. These tribes were … Read more
Khakass Khakass Population 80,000 Language group Turkic languages Language Kacha Region Khakass Autonomous region of Krasnodar Territory, some parts of the Tuva Autonomous Republic Religion Shamanism *Population estimates for 1994 The Khakass is a Turkic speaking nationality akin to the Tuvinians, Altai and Shors. Previously they were known as the Minusinsk and Abakan Tatars. Sometimes … Read more
Khalkha-Mongolians Khalkha-Mongolians Population 3,500 Language group Mongolian group of the Finno-Ugric languages Language Mongolian Region South Siberia Religion Buddhism *Population estimates for 1994 The ethnonym “Mongol” (men-ghu, men-ghuli, men-va) is first mentioned in the historical chronicles of the Tan epoch (seventh-tenth centuries). There are many unanswered questions in the ethnic history of the Mongolians, but … Read more
Khant Khant Population 23,000 Language group Finno-Ugrian Language Ostyak Region Ob River Basin Religion Christianity, Totemism *Population estimates for 1994 In scientific literature the Khant and the Mansi have been united under one common name “Ob Ugr.” The Khant had been known as the “Ostyak” before. In scientific literature there are different explanations of the … Read more
Komi (Zyryan and Permyaks) Komi (Zyryan and Permyaks) Population 345,000 and 152,000 respectively Language group Perm branch of the Finno-Ugrian family Language Komi-Zyryan Region Komi Republic, Tureen region, Yamalo-Nenets and Khanti-Mansi National Districts Capital Syktyvkar Religion Christianity/Old belief *Population estimates for 1994 The Komi is the name (the self-called one) for two akin peoples living … Read more
Koreans Koreans Population 450,000 Language group Mongolian Language Korean Region Central Asian Republics Religion Buddhism/Confucianism *Population estimates for 1994 The Koreans (or Choson Saram as they call themselves) are the main population of Korea which had been formed by the beginning of the twentieth century. In the CIS the Koreans live in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan … Read more