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Peoples of Russia
Hemshin peoples
The Hemshin people are a subethnic group of Armenians. Their self-designations are Homshetsi, Hemshinli.
Language
The Hemshin people speak a dialect of the Turkish language (Hemshinche). This is the part of the Hemshin people most subjected to Turkization.
Dispersion
The majority of them live in the Krasnodar territory, with the most compact settlement in the Apsheron and Belorechensky districts, as well as in the Kamensky district of the Rostov region and the Gribanovsky district of the Voronezh region.
Traditional occupations
The Turkish Hemshins grow corn and tea, breed cattle and keep bees. The Russian Hemshins are also occupied in agriculture, mostly in sheep breeding.
