The Republic of Karachay-Cherkessia lies in the northwest of Russia's troubled North Caucasus region.
BBC: Karachay-Cherkessia profile
Karachay-Cherkessia gained republic status in the early 1990s following the collapse of the Soviet Union.
The Cherkess are ethnically and culturally related to the Kabarda and Adygey peoples and the Karachay to the Balkars.
They were allowed back in 1957 and the Karachay-Cherkess autonomous region recreated.
The Karachay and Cherkess are two separate Muslim peoples.
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