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The Nogai people (also spelled Nogay Nohai and Noghai) are a Turkic ethnic group who live in southern European Russia mainly in the North Caucasus region. Most are found in northern Dagestan and Stavropol Krai as well as in Karachay–Cherkessia and the Astrakhan Oblast; and also live in Chechnya. They speak the Nogai language and are descendants of various Mongolic and Turkic tribes who formed the Nogai Horde.