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Caucasian Tatars

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Caucasian Tatar is a historical ethnonym for Turkic-speaking Muslims living in the Caucasus region, used up to the early 20th century, and may refer to:

  • South Caucasian Tatars, modern Azerbaijani people and other Muslim groups living in Transcaucasia, called Caucasian Tatars in Soviet Census until 1939
  • North Caucasian Tatars or Dagestan Tatars, today known as the Kumyks of Dagestan