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Fuyu Kyrgyz (Fuyü Gïrgïs Fu-Yu Kirgiz) also known as Manchurian Kirghiz is the easternmost Turkic language. Despite its name it is not a variety of Kyrgyz but is closer to Khakas; the people migrated from Russia in 1761 and the name may be due to the survival of a common tribal name. It is now spoken in northeastern China’s Heilongjiang province in and around Fuyu County Qiqihar (300 km northwest of Harbin) by a small number of passive speakers who are classified as Kyrgyz nationality.