Autonomous Republics
Hakas People and Hakasia (Hakas Republic)
Subtopics
Hakas People and HakasiaHakasia is located in Turkistan in the south of Siberia, next to the Sayan-Altay Mountains and Yenisey Rive and in the north of Altay Republic. It is…Geographical Position of Hakasia RepublicWith its capital of Abakan, the Hakasia Republic is located within the Western half of the wide Minusin Basin in the upper section of Yenisey River. I…Population of Hakas PeopleAccording to the census 1989, all of Hakas people are composed of 80.328 persons the majority of which live in Hakasia Republic. 62.875 people of this…Hakas GroupsSagays They live in the area on the South West edge of Minusinsk State Basin that extend from Askıs River towards the higher watercourse of Abakan. Ac…Hakas LanguageThe language used by this Turkish community that lived in the Southern Siberia has been included within the "Eastern Turkish" group. It contains some…Hakas HistoryIt is known that Hakas people were under the dominion of Huns in the century II BC in the course of their history that extends to the ancient times. L…Russian Invasion of "Khirghiz Lands" (Hakasia)Upon the collapse of the Kazan Khanate in 1552, the forefront of the Turkish world was lost and the Russian expansion continued towards the Turkish co…Assimilation EffortsThe efforts for the forced adoption of Russian identity were particularly accelerated in the centuries XVIII-XIX. Hakas people who adopted the Christi…Soviet PeriodThe pressures in the Soviet Period were initiated in the years of 1930s when the Bolsheviks considered them much "stronger" compared to their former y…State Affairs in the Former Hakas PeopleThere had been some political institutions in Hooray (Hongoray) Mastery (Beyliği, State) that lived in Hakas Country called as "Khirghiz Lands" until…Origin of Hakas People According to Hakas BeliefsThere are two common beliefs about their origins among Hakas people. Hakasia is a part of the plateau between Sayan Altay Mountains. Therefore, Hakas…Religion of Hakas PeopleHakas People are the believers of a religion called as Shamanism by the Russians and Europeans. Shamanism is not a Turkish term even if it is taken in…