Kumuk
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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| (505,000 (est. 14.2% of the population of Republic of Dagestan); unknown number of Kumyks living outside of Dagestan) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Russia
|
503,060 |
 Ukraine
|
718 |
| Languages | |
| Kumyk, Russian | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Crimean Tatars, Balkars, Karachays, Nogais, Volga Tatars | |
Kumyks (Kumyk: къумукълар, qumuqlar, Russian: кумыки) are a Turkic people living in the Kumyk plateau (in northern Dagestan to the south of the Terek river), the lands bordering the Caspian Sea, Northern Ossetia, Chechnya and the banks of the Terek river. They speak the Kumyk language, till the 1930th the lingua-franca of the Northern Caucasus.
According to the national census of 2010 there is more than 500,000 Kumyks in Russia.
Notable Kumyks: Ilyas Bekbulatov, Bozigit Ataev, Jamal Ajigerey (wushu star and actor, 12-time European and 1-time world wushu champion), Nariman Israpilov, Rustam Khabilov, Bakhtiyar Akhmedov, Saypulla Absaidov, Magomet-Gasan Abushev, Marid Mutalimov, Muslim Salikhov, Marat Gafurov, Nasrulla Nasrullayev, Zapir Rasulov, , Najmuddin Bammate, Temirbulat (Timour) Bammate, .
Kumyks untill today traditionally populate, apart from Dagestan, some areas in modern Northern Ossetia (Kizlar (Gücük-yurt), Predgornoye (Borasuw-otar), Maliy Malgobek (Malğabek-otar), settlement of Kalininsky (Köpürawuz), quarters of Kirzavod and Yangi-yurt (Yañı-yurt) in the town of Mozdok), and Chechnya (Grozny and Gudermes districts — villages of Braguny (Borağan), Vinogradnoye (Bammat-yurt), Darbanhi (İstisuw)) — all parts of the Russian Federation. They comprise 14% of the population of the Russian republic of Dagestan, the third largest population of the Chechnya, and the fifth largest population of the Northern Ossetia.
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