The Balkars (Karachay-Balkar: sg. малкъар - malqar, pl. малкъарла - malqarla) are a Turkic people of the Caucasus region, the titular population of Kabardino-Balkaria. Their Karachay-Balkar language is of the Ponto-Caspian subgroup of the Northwestern (Kypchak) group of Turkic languages. Related to Crimean Tatar and Kumyk. There is also an opinion that the Balkars are remnants of a branch of the Bulgar tribe that moved into the Caucasus after the westward movement of the Hunnish wave at the beginning of the 4th century AD. Southern Federal District (Russian: Ю́жный федера́льный о́круг; tr. ... The Karachay-Balkar language (Къарачай-Малкъар /Qarachay-Malqar/) is a Turkic language of the Karachays and Balkars. ... Sunni Muslims are the largest denomination of Islam. ... A shaman doctor of Kyzyl. ... The Russian Orthodox Church (Русская Православная церковь) is that body of Christians who are united under the Patriarch of Moscow, who in turn is in communion with... This article is about the various peoples speaking one of the Turkic languages. ... The Karachay-Balkar language (Къарачай-Малкъар /Qarachay-Malqar/) is a Turkic language of the Karachays and Balkars. ... The Turkic people are any of various peoples whose members speak languages in the Turkic family of languages. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Caucasus Mountains. ... Capital Nalchik Area - total - % water Ranked 83rd - 12,500 km² - negligible Population - Total - Density Ranked 60th - est. ... The Karachay-Balkar language (Къарачай-Малкъар /Qarachay-Malqar/) is a Turkic language of the Karachays and Balkars. ... The Turkic languages constitute a language family of some thirty languages, spoken across a vast area from Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean to Siberia and Western China, and are traditionally considered to be part of the proposed Altaic language family. ... Crimean Tatar language (Qırımtatar tili, Qırımtatarca), also known as Crimean (Qırım tili, Qırımca) and Crimean Turkish (Qırım Türkçesi) is the language of the Crimean Tatars. ... Kumyk (also Qumuq, Kumuk, Kumuklar, and Kumyki) is a Turkic language, spoken by about 200 thousands speakers (the Kumyks) in the Dagestan republic of Russian Federation. ... Bulgar warriors slaughter Byzantines, from the Menology of Basil II, 10th century. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Caucasus Mountains. ... Many historians consider the Huns (meaning person in Mongolian language) the first Turkic people mentioned in European history. ... As a means of recording the passage of time, the 4th century was that century which lasted from 301 to 400. ...

About 105,000 (2002) Balkars live in the Russian republic of Kabardino-Balkaria. Capital Nalchik Area - total - % water Ranked 83rd - 12,500 km² - negligible Population - Total - Density Ranked 60th - est. ...

The term Balkar is derived from Bolgar or Bulgar. The Balkars were those Bulgars who lived in Onoghur and Great Bulgaria and who remained in the Caucasus as the others migrated to the Balkans and Middle Volga. Bulgar warriors slaughter Byzantines, from the Menology of Basil II, 10th century. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... In 632, Khan Kubrat united the Bulgars and formed a confederation of tribes, known as Great Bulgaria, or Bulgaria Magna, with a capital at the ancient city of Fanagoria. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Caucasus Mountains. ... Motto Съединението прави силата(Bulgarian) Suedinenieto pravi silata(transliteration) Union makes strength1 Anthem Мила Родино(Bulgarian) Mila Rodino(transliteration) Dear Motherland Bulgaria() – on the European continent() – in the European Union() [] Capital (and largest city) Sofia Official languages Bulgarian Demonym Bulgarian(s) Government Parliamentary democracy  -  President Georgi Parvanov  -  Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev Formation  -  Founded 632... Republic of Tatarstan (Russian: ; Tatar: ) is a federal subject of Russia (a republic). ...

In 1944, Stalin accused the Balkars of Kabardino-Balkaria of collaborating with Nazi Germany and deported the entire population. The territory was renamed the Kabardin ASSR until 1957, when the Balkar population was allowed to return and its name was restored. 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Iosif (usually anglicized as Joseph) Vissarionovich Stalin (Russian: Иосиф Виссарионович Сталин), original name Ioseb Jughashvili (Georgian: იოსებ ჯუღაშვი&#4314... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... The Kabardino-Balkar Republic or Kabardino-Balkaria (Russian: Кабарди́но-Балка́рская Респу́блика; Kabardian: Къэбэрде&#1081... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ...

Notes

1. ^ The "Peoples of Russia" project (in Russian)

References

• Robert Conquest, The Nation Killers: The Soviet Deportation of Nationalities (London: MacMillan, 1970) (ISBN 0-333-10575-3)
• Alexander Nekrich, The Punished Peoples: The Deportation and Fate of Soviet Minorities at the End of the Second World War (New York: W. W. Norton, 1978) (ISBN 0-393-00068-0).

see also

• Karachays