Tabasaran people

Tabasaran people

The Tabasarans are an ethnic group who live mostly in Dagestan, Russia. Their population in Russia is about 132,000. They speak the Tabasaran language and share much of their culture and traditions with the Lezgins. They are mainly Sunni Muslims. Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva is half Tabasaran.


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