Khakas people
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1684 CE to 2215 CE
The Khakas, or Khakass (Khakas: Тадарлар, Tadarlar), are a Turkic people, who live in Russia, in the republic of Khakassia in southern Siberia.
They speak the Khakas language.
The origin of the Khakas people is disputed.
Some scholars see them as descendants of the Yenisei Kirghiz, while others believe that, at the behest of the medieval Mongol Khans, the Yenisei Kirghiz migrated to Central Asia
It is believed that the Khakas people and Fuyu Kyrgyz are closer to the ancient Yenisei Kirghiz, who are both Siberian Turkic peoples (Northeastern Turkic), rather than the Kyrgyz people of modern Kyrgyzstan, who are Kipchak Turkic people (Northwestern Turkic).
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Some of the Yenisei Kyrgyz had been relocated into the Dzungar Khanate by the Dzungars.
In 1761, after the Dzungars are defeated by the Qing, some Öelet, a tribe of Oirat-speaking Dzungars, are deported to the Nen River basin in Northeastern China (Manchuria), and a group of Yenisei Kyrgyz are also deported along with the Öelet.
The Kyrgyz moved to northeastern China will become known as the Fuyu Kyrgyz, but they have today mostly merged with the Mongol and Chinese population.
The descendants of the Yenisei Kyrgyz today are the Kyrgyz, Khakas, and Altai peoples.
In 1761, after the Dzungars are defeated by the Qing, some Öelet, a tribe of Oirat-speaking Dzungars, are deported to the Nen River basin in Northeastern China (Manchuria), and a group of Yenisei Kyrgyz are also deported along with the Öelet.
The Kyrgyz moved to northeastern China will become known as the Fuyu Kyrgyz, but they have today mostly merged with the Mongol and Chinese population.
The descendants of the Yenisei Kyrgyz today are the Kyrgyz, Khakas, and Altai peoples.