Total population | |
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(150,000 (2011)) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Russia | 146,000 |
Ukraine | 977 |
Uzbekistan | 700 |
Kazakhstan | 300 |
Azerbaijan | 300 |
Turkmenistan | 200 |
Languages | |
Tabasaran language | |
Religion | |
Sunni Muslims |
The Tabasarans are an ethnic group who live mostly in Dagestan, Russia. Their population in Russia is about 150,000. They speak the Tabasaran language. They are mainly Sunni Muslims. Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva and Kamal Khan-Magomedov, the 2015 European Games champion in men's Judo -66 kg, are half-Tabasaran.