Modern population

Balkar

Balkar

Balkar is a modern reference population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Balkar), with 4 samples from Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia.

Its nearest neighbours among modern populations are Circassian, Karachay and Cherkes, and among ancient ones Dzharkutan 2 (Bronze Age, Uzbekistan), Caucasus (Medieval, Russia) and North Ossetian (Russia).

Period
Modern
Country
Russia
Origin
Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia
Sampled near
Karachay-Cherkess Republic 43.46, 41.74
Samples
4
Catalogue
Balkar

Nearest populations

Distance between population averages in scaled G25 space, ×100. Lower is closer. It says who resembles this population, not who descends from it; an nMonte model tests that.

Modern
#PopulationDistance
1CircassianCircassian1.07
2KarachayKarachay1.18
3CherkesCherkes1.36
4KabardinKabardin1.60
5AbazinAbazin1.88
6North OssetianNorth_Ossetian1.88
7IngushianIngushian1.95
8AdygeiAdygei2.15
9OssetianOssetian2.47
10KumykKumyk2.58
Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1Dzharkutan 2 (Bronze Age, Uzbekistan)Uzbekistan_Dzharkutan_BA_22.61
2Caucasus (Medieval, Russia)Russia_Caucasus_Medieval2.78
3North Ossetian (Russia)Russia_NorthOssetian2.82
4Anapa (Medieval)Anapa_MA2.84
5Alan (Medieval, Russia)Russia_Alan3.33
6Alan (Medieval)Alan_MA3.40
7TVC (Middle Bronze Age, Armenia)Armenia_MBA_TVC4.65
8Armenia (Middle Bronze Age) · Armenia_MBAArmenia_MBA5.01
9Armenia (Late Bronze Age–Early Iron Age)Armenia_LBA_EIA5.08
10Armenia (Iron Age)Armenia_IA5.08

Individuals 7

The samples behind this population in the catalogue. Outliers are kept out of the population's average.

SampleOrigin
BLK1Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia
BLK4Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia
GS000016171Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia
GS000016172Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia
BLK2 outlierKabardino-Balkaria, Russia
BLK3 outlierKabardino-Balkaria, Russia
GS000016170 outlierKabardino-Balkaria, Russia