Diaspora community · Russia & N. Caucasus
Russia (Krasnodar Krai)
Yazidi communities in southern Russia, largely descended from Caucasus migration.
Overview
About Russia (Krasnodar Krai)
Southern Russia, and Krasnodar Krai in particular, holds Yazidi communities descended largely from families who moved north from Armenia and Georgia over the past century.
They form part of the wider Caucasus-rooted Yazidi world that stretches from Armenia and Georgia into Russia.
Diaspora communities are described at the level of city or country. Estimates vary widely between sources, so ranges and named sources are preferred over single headline figures.
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Coordinates are approximate and provided for orientation. They should be re-checked against an authoritative gazetteer before any operational use.
Source note
References for this place
This entry is an editorial synthesis of the references below, chosen for the place type. It reproduces no restricted or copyrighted text and should be expanded only after specialist review.
The Yezidis
Saqi, 2005, with later fieldwork on persecution, displacement, and ritual change. Used for contemporary community and displacement context.
The Religion of the Peacock Angel
Routledge, 2014. Reference for the Yazidis of the Caucasus — Armenia, Georgia, and the communities that spread into Russia.
“Yazidis i. General,” Encyclopaedia Iranica
Specialist overview of Yazidi history, geography, community, and identity across the homeland, the Caucasus, and the diaspora.