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The Altay or Altai are a Turkic people living in the Siberian Altai Republic and Altai Krai. For alternative ethnonyms see also Teleut, Tele, Telengit, Mountain Kalmuck, White Kalmuck, Black Tatar, Oirot. The Altaians are represented as a totality of small Turkic peoples like the Altai-Kizhi, the Teleut, the Kumandin, the Chelkans, the Shor, etc. The Altaians are presented by two ethnographic groups: *The Northern Altaians include the Tubalar (the Tuba-Kizhi), the Chelkans, the Kumandin, the Shors *The Southern Altaians include the Altaian (the Altai-Kizhi), the Teleut, the Teles, the Telengit The Northern and Southern Altayans formed in the Altay area on the basis of tribes of Kimek-Kipchaks.〔Ethnic history, History of a region, Statistic information at http://eng.altai-republic.ru/index.php〕〔NUPI Centre for Russian Studies http://www2.nupi.no/cgi-win//Russland/etnisk_b.exe?Altai〕 ==History== The Altaians were annexed by the Four Oirat in the 16th century. Mongols called them "Telengid" or "Telengid aimag" in period of the Northern Yuan dynasty. After the fall of the Zunghar Khanate in the 18th century, the Altaians were subjugated by the Qing Dynasty; and they were called by the Qing court as Altan Nuur Uriyangkhai.〔C.P.Atwood-Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol Empire, p.9〕 However, Altaians are not related to the Uriyangkhai - a distinct neighbouring Oirat-Mongol ethnic group in Mongolia. They have had skills in metalworking dating back to the 2nd millennium BC.〔("Iron" ), Turkish Turan History, Ozturkler.com, retrieved 16 October 2006.〕 The Altay came into contact with Russians in the 18th century. In the tsarist period, the Altay were known as oirot or oyrot (this name means oirat and would later be carried on for the Oyrot Autonomous Oblast). The Altay report that many of them became addicted to the Russians' vodka, which they called "fire water".〔("People from Russia — Interviews on the Streets" ), Way To Russia, 24 September 2003〕 The Altay were originally nomadic, with a lifestyle based on hunting / trapping and pastoralism (mainly cattle, sheep, goats), but many of them settled as a result of Russian influence. In regard to religion, some of the Altay remain Tengriists or Shamanists, while others (in a trend beginning in the mid-19th century) have converted to the Orthodox. (The Altai mission took shape under Saint Makarii Glukharev, Apostle to the Altai.) In 1904, a religious movement called Ak Jang or Burkhanism arose, perhaps in response to Russian colonization.〔(Hunmagyar )〕 Prior to 1917 the Altai were actually considered to be many different ethnic groups.〔Kolga et al., ''The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire'', p. 29〕 With the rise of the 1917 revolution, the Altay attempted to make their region a separate Burkhanist republic called Oyrot, but their support for the Mensheviks during the Civil War led to the venture's collapse after the Bolshevik victory and the rise of Joseph Stalin. In the 1940s, the Altay were accused of being pro-Japanese, and the word "oyrot" was declared counterrevolutionary. By 1950, Soviet industrialization policies brought Russian immigrants reducing the proportion of Altay from 50% to 20% of the population.〔("Altay" ), Centre for Russian Studies, NUPI, retrieved 17 October 2006〕 Ethnic Altaians currently make up about 31% of the Altai Republic's population.〔(Altai Republic :: official portal )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Altai people」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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