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Chechens

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Chechens Нохчий Nokhchiy Total population 2 million [1] Regions with significant populations   Russia 1,431,360 [2]        Chechnya 1,206,551 [3]        Dagestan 93,658 [3]        Ingushetia 18,765 [3]        Moscow Oblast 14,524 [3]        Stavropol Krai 11,980 [3]        Rostov Oblast 11,449 [3]        Volgograd Oblast 9,649 [3]        Astrakhan Oblast 7,229 [3]        Tyumen Oblast 6,889 [3]   EU         France         Austria         Belgium         Germany 130,000 [4] –200,000 [5] 30,000 [6] 25,000 [6] 17,000 [6] 12,000 [6]   Turkey 100,000 [7] [8]   Kazakhstan 31,974 [9]   Iraq 11,000 [10]   Georgia 10,100 (including Kist people)   Jordan 8,000 [11]   Azerbaijan 5,200 [12]   Egypt 5,000 [7]   Syria 4,300 [13]   United Arab Emirates 2,000-3,000 [14]   Ukraine 2,877 [15]   Kyrgyzstan 2,100 [16]   Spain 2,100 [7]   Uzbekistan 1,500 [17]   Turkmenistan 800 [18]   United States 250-500 [19] Data figures from 2001 to 2013; see also Chechen diaspora. [20] Languages Chechen See Language ...

Circassians

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Not to be confused with Adyghe people or Cherkess. Circassians Circassian flag Total population c.   4–8 million Regions with significant populations   Turkey Estimated 1,000,000 [1] –2,000,000 [2] [3] –3,000,000 [4] [ self-published source ] [5] –5,000,000 [2] [6] to 7,000,000 [7]   Russia 720,000 (2010 Census) [8]   Jordan 65,000 [9] –180,000   Syria 80,000 [9] [10] [11] –120,000 [12]   Germany 40,000 [9] [13]   Iraq 34,000   United States 9,000 [9] –25,000   Saudi Arabia 23,000   Egypt 12,000   Israel 4,000 [14] [15] –5,000 [16]   Serbia 2,800   Uzbekistan 1,600   Ukraine 1,100   Bulgaria 600 (1994 Census) [17]   Netherlands 500 [18] Languages Circassian (West Adyghe, Kabardian Adyghe, extinct Ubykh Adyghe dialects), also Turkish, Russian, English, Arabic, Hebrew, German, Persian Religion Predominantly Muslim Minority Orthodox Christian and Catholic as well as Abkhazo-Circassian neopagan Related ethnic groups Abazgi (Abkhaz, Abazin) The Circassians (Russian: Черкесы Čerkesy ), al...