Altay people

Altai is the name for a group turksprachiger tribes whose settlement area is located in the Russian Republic of Altai and in the Altai region. They went forth from Old Turkic and Mongolian ethnic groups, the mingled here. There are different opinions about whether the Altai constitute a people or a group of closely related ethnic groups. The same applies to the Altaic language. The total group of Altai is one of the indigenous Siberian peoples.

Groups and denominations

The Altai is divided into a northern and a southern group. In the Russian Empire, the northern group was under the names Kuznetsk Tatars ( kusnezkie Tatary ) or tschernowye Tatary or orioty known to them were the Tubalaren (Russian: tubalary ) that on the left bank of the river Biya and on the northeastern shore of Lake Teletskoye (Russian: Teletskoye Ozero / Телецкое озеро ) settled, their number in 2002 was 1565 the Tschelkanen (also: Live Diner, 2002: 855). settle in the valley of the river Lebed is that Kumandiner (2002: 3114 ) live on the middle reaches of the Bija.

At the southern group is the largest sub-group, which is how the overall group called Altaic (2002: 67 239 ). The Telengiten (2002: 2399 ) settle on the rivers Chulyshman, chuya and Argut. The Teleuts (2002: 2650 ) mainly live in the district Belovo of Kemerovo Oblast, a smaller part in the Republic of Altai. The Telesen ( population unknown) settled along the rivers and Chulyshman chuya and Majmalaren ( in the 2002 census also not recorded) on the river Majma.

History

The Altai came in the 18th century under Russian rule. After the October Revolution, the Soviets focused within the Russian republic of the Soviet Union the Oirot Autonomous Region. 1948, this area was renamed Gorno- Altai Autonomous Region cal. With the end of the USSR in 1991, the area of the Altai Republic in Russia was.

Language

See Altaic ( Turkic )

Religion

Before the Russian rule were the religions of Buddhism and Shamanism Lamaist orientation, after which most Altai were converted to the Russian Orthodox faith. At the beginning of the 20th century there was a renaissance of Lamaism. Today also Protestantism and Baptist are, according to the Russian Ethnographic Museum next to the Russian Orthodox Christianity spread. Many Altai profess Sunni Islam.