Veps Veps Population 12,000 Language group Finno-Ugrian languages Language Veps Region Karelian Autonomous Republic, some districts of Leningrad and Vologda regions Religion Christianity/Orthodox *Population estimates for 1994 The Veps (Vespsa, Bepsa or Ludinkau as they call themselves) stand close to the Karelians. Several clusters of this people can be found among Russian population in several … Read more
Yakuts Yakuts Population 382,000 Language group Turkic Language Yakut Region Yakut Autonomous Republic, northern parts of Krasnodar Territory, Magadan, Sakhalin and Amur regions Capital Yakutsk Religion Christianity, Animism, Shamanism *Population estimates for 1994 The Yakuts constitute the native population of the Yakut Autonomous republic (Yakutia) which is one of the biggest (according to the territory) … Read more
Zackur Zackur Population 23,000 Language group Lezgin group of the Caucasian languages Language Zackur Region Daghestan, Azerbaijan Religion Islam/Sunnite *Population estimates for 1994 The Zackur (or Tsahur) are a part of the Lak national group. They live in the western part of Rutul district of Daghestan and Kazakh, Zakatolsk and Belokansk districts of Azerbaijan. The … Read more