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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Nogai of Russian Federation

The Nogai of Russian Federation, numbering approximately 104,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Turkic steppe people formed in the 1200s-1300s from Kipchak tribes mixed with Mongols under Nogai Khan and later consolidated by Edigu into the Nogai Horde, today settled across northern Dagestan, Chechnya, and Stavropol in Russia. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Nogai is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Nogai

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Turkic Peoples
Country: Russian Federation
People Cluster: Ural-Siberian
Primary Language(s): Nogai (nog)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 104,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG024473
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

99%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Nogai
Language Family: Turkic

84%
%
Nogai Speakers

Media Resources in Nogai:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Nogai:

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1 entry

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Or check out the Nogai bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Nogai are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Nogai:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Nogai of Russian Federation

But he said, "What is impossible with man is possible with God."
readLuke 18:27

Praise God that He is the God of impossible things and that He is able to save even those who seem beyond hope.

And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
readMatthew 24:14

Pray that the gospel of God's kingdom will reach more people and that they will respond in faith, becoming disciples of Jesus Christ.

Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.
readPsalm 127:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will build their homes in the Lord and raise their children to know and honor Him.

And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God, who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the age to come eternal life.”
readLuke 18:29-30

Pray that God will raise up people to go and share the gospel and help them trust His promise that anyone who has left those they treasure for the sake of the kingdom of God will receive many times more in this life and in the life to come.

Nogay Across Countries (ROP3 - 107376) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguage ▲Religion
NogaiPG024473NogaiRussian Federation104,000Engaged yet UnreachedNogaiSunni Islam

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