The Abugach (Russian: ''Abugachaev(tsy)'') were a people from the region around the

Ural Mountains The Ural Mountains ( ),; , ; , or simply the Urals, are a mountain range in Eurasia that runs north–south mostly through Russia, from the coast of the Arctic Ocean to the river Ural (river), Ural and northwestern Kazakhstan.

and believed to have been of Samoyed ancestry. Witnesses from the 19th century, however, identify their spoken language as Turkic, as they were Turkicised. They numbered around 100 in 1859. Eventually, the Abugach became one of the ethnic groups that made up the Koibal sub-division of the

Khakass The Khakas are a Turkic indigenous people of Siberia, who live in the republic of Khakassia, Russia. They speak the Khakas language. The Khakhassian people are direct descendants of various ancient cultures that have inhabited southern Siberia ...

, becoming one of the 7 uluses of the .

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