Abazins Abazins Benjamin Glazer Category="Ethnic groups of Russia"The Abazins (self-designation: Abaza) are a people who live mostly in Karachay-Cherkessia and Adygeya of Russia. An Abazin diaspora exists in Turkey and various Arab countries, most of which are descendants of refugees from the Caucasian War with the Russian Empire. Their dominate religion is Sunni Islam.

According to the 2002 Census, there were 37,942 Abazins in Russia. Abazins speak the Abaza language, a Northwest Caucasian language closely related to Abkhaz.