The Abazins (self-designation: Abaza) are a people who live mostly in Karachay-Cherkessia and Adygeya of Russia. An Abazin diaspora exists in Turkey and various Arab countries, most of which are descendants of refugees from the Caucasian War with the Russian Empire. Their dominate religion is Sunni Islam. Abazins originally inhabitted in Abkhazia (formerly an Autonomy of Georgia and now it is an unrecognized Republick of Abkhazia/. Firstli they moved from Abkhazia to North Caucas in 14-15 century and the second migration is related to 18-19 century. There are two dialects of Abazian in Karachay-Cherkessia - Ashkharua and Tapanta. According to the 2002 census, there were 37,942 Abazins in Russia. Abazins speak the Abaza language, a Northwest Caucasian language closely related to Abkhaz. The Republic of Karachay-Cherkessia (Russian: Карача́ево-Черке́сская респу́блика, or, less formal, Карача́ево-Черке́ссия) is a federal subject of the Russian Federation (a republic). ... The Republic of Adygea (Russian: Респу́блика Адыге́я; Adyghe: Адыгэ Республик) is a Russian Federation (a republic) enclaved within Krasnodar Krai. ... Russian Invasion of the Caucasus, better known in Russia as the Caucasian War of 1817-1864, was a series of military actions of Imperial Russia against Chechnya, Dagestan and Northwestern Caucasus aimed at conquering these territories. ... Imperial Russia is the term used to cover the period of history from the expansion of Russia under Peter the Great, through the expansion of the Russian Empire from the Baltic to the Pacific Ocean, to the deposal of Nicholas II of Russia, the last tsar, at the start of... Sunni Islam (Arabic سنّة) is the largest denomination of Islam. ... Islam (Arabic: ; ( (help· info)), the submission to the will of God) is a monotheistic faith, one of the Abrahamic religions and the worlds second-largest religion. ... 2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ... The Abaza language (Абаза Бызшва/Abaza Byzšwa) is a language of the Caucasus mountains in the Russian autonomous republic of Turkey, where the Roman alphabet is used. ... The Northwest Caucasian languages, also called Pontic or Abkhaz-Adyg/Circassian, are a group of languages spoken in Caucasian Russia, Turkey, Jordan, Kabardino-Balkaria (an autonomous republic in Russia) and Abkhazia ( de facto independent formally an autonomous republic in Georgia). ... Abkhaz is a Northwest Caucasian language spoken in Georgia and Turkey. ...