ETHNO-CULTURAL CONTACTS BETWEEN ETHNIC GROUPS OF ASTRAKHAN NOGAYS AS A PART OF THE DELTA CULTURE OF THE LOW VOLGA
The Astrakhan region is one of the regions in the Russian Federation where representatives of Nogay ethnos live. Nogays is one of the most spread nations in the South Federal Region and Volga region. Four ethnic groups of nogays permanently live here, and one of them is karagash. From the point of view of ethnic culture and art it is rather unique. Some of the ethnic groups of Astrakhan nogays adopted cultural elements of neighboring nations, such as Kazakhs, Tatars, etc. Some groups took cultural elements of Northern Caucasus nogays, who, in their turn, adopted a great deal of elements from Caucasian nations.