wpaadminSelkup Selkup Population 3,600 Language group Samoyedic of Ural languages Language Selkup Region Yamalo-Nenets national region Religion Christianity, Shamanism *Population estimates for 1994 The Selkups didn’t have their own self-designation. The name “ Selkups” originates from self designation of the northern Selkups naming themselves “Solkup” or “Sholkup” which means “a man of taiga.” The Selkups … Read more
Shors Shors Population 19,000 Language group Turkic languages Language Shoric Region Kuznetsk Alata, Middle Tomi River basin, the southern parts of Kemerovo region, South Siberia Religion Shamanism *Population estimates for 1994 The official name “the Shors” (or Shor as they call themselves) was finally established at the beginning of the twentieth century. By that time, … Read more
Slovaks Slovaks Population 9,100 Language group Slavonic group of Indo-European languages Language Slovak Region Transcarpathian Region of Ukraine Religion Christianity (Roman and Greek Catholicism, Protestantism) *Population estimates for 1994 The Slovaks (self-designation “slovatsy”) are the main population of Slovakia and they belong to the Alpine group of Central European race. Most of the believers are … Read more
Tabasarans Tabasarans Population 79,000 Language group Caucasian languages Language Tabasaran Region Southeast Daghestan Religion Islam/Sunnites *Population estimates for 1994 The people of Tabasaran nationality live in Southern Daghestan. Tabasaran nature is versatile and diverse with forests and mountains everywhere. This terrian is found to be steep and sharp, yet gentle in some areas. The languages … Read more
Tajiks Tajiks Population 5,093,000 Language group Iranian group of the Turkic languages Language Tajik Region Tajikistan Religion Islam/Sunnite *Population estimates for 1994 Tajikistan is one of the southernmost republics of the CIS. It is situated on the same latitude as South Italy and Central Japan. The nature of the country is a land of a … Read more
Talysh Talysh Population 21,000 Language group Northwestern group of the Iranian languages Language Talysh Region Azerbaijan Religion Islam/Shiite *Population estimates for 1994 The Talysh (or Talugs, Talyshon as they call themselves) is a nationality who lives in the extreme southeast of Azerbaijan and northern Iran. The descent of the Talysh can be traced back to … Read more
Tatars Tatars Population 6,649,000 Language group Kypchak Turkic Language Tatar Region The Republic of Tatarstan, the Middle Volga area, the Amur area, also other regions of Russia and CIS Republics Capital Kazan Religion Islam/Sunnite, Christianity *Population estimates for 1994 The Tatars first appeared in the sixth to ninth centuries among the Mongolian tribes who roamed … Read more
Tats Tats Population Unknown Language group Southwestern group of the Iranian languages Language Tat Region Daghestan, Azerbaijan Religion Islam/Shiite, Judaism, Christianity The Tats are a nationality living in some of the Caspian regions of Azerbaijan, the southern parts of Daghestan, and in Iran. The Tats speak the Tat language, those living in Azerbaijan are bilingual … Read more
Tofalars Tofalars Population 800 Language group Turkic languages Language Tofa Region Irkutsk region (South and Central Siberia) Religion Animism *Population estimates for 1994 The Tofalars, or Tubalar as they call themselves, are known in scientific literature under the name of “Karagas.” Before they became settled, the Tofalars were nomads. They roamed through the taiga territories … Read more
Turkmen Turkmen Population 3,525,000 Language group Oguz group of Turkic languages Language Turkmen Region Turkmenistan Religion Islam/Sunnite *Population estimates for 1994 The Turkmen country is beautiful, severe, and vast. This territory has mountains, valleys, barren moving sands, and damp forests along the river banks. Just as Siberia is noted for its taiga forest, Kazakakstan for … Read more