Karachays

The Karachays (Karachay-Balkar: къарачайлыла - karachailyla; Oset.: Kharase - kharasheag: Mingrelian: karachioly; Svan: mu'krchay; Kabardian: k'arashey) are Turkic speaking people of the North Caucasus, mostly situated in the Russian Karachay–Cherkess Republic.