4,281
_Turko-Tatars_ 1,879,908
Tatars 1,509,785
Osmanli Turks 139,419
Nogai Tatars 64,048
Turkomans 24,522
Bashkirs 953
Chuvashes 411
Kirghiz 98
Sarts 158
Karachais 27,222
Kumyks 83,408
Kara-papaks 29,902
Kalmucks 14,409

CAUCASIANS 2,439,071
_Georgians_ (including Imeretians,
Gurians, Svanetians, Lazes,
Mingrelians, &c.) 1,352,455
_Circassians_
Cherkesses (Adigheh) and Kabardians 144,847
Abkhasians 72,103
_Chechens_ 274,318
Chechens proper 226,496
Ingushes[2] 47,409
Kistines 413
_Lesghians_ 600,514
Avaro-Andians 212,692
Darghis 130,209
Kurins 159,213
Udins 7,100
Others 91,300

_Religion_.--Most of the Russians and the Georgians belong to the
Orthodox Greek Church (over 4,000,000 in all); but considerable numbers
(estimated at nearly 122,000, though in reality probably a good many
more) are Nonconformists of different denominations. The Georgian Lazes
are, however, Mussulmans. The Armenians are Christians, mostly of the
national Gregorian Church (979,566), though 34,000 are Roman Catholics.
The Caucasian races (except the Gregorians), together with the Turks and
Tatars, are Mussulmans of the Sunnite sect (2,021,300), and the Iranian
races mostly Mussulmans of the Shiite sect (884,100). The Kalmucks and
other Mongolic tribes are Lamaists (20,300), and some of the Kurds
profess the peculiar tenets of the Yezids.

_Industries_.--The principal occupation of the settled inhabitants is
agriculture and of the nomadic the breeding of live stock, including
c