Editing Cherkessk (section)

===Ethnic groups===
The city is inhabited by [[Russians]], native [[Cherkess]] ([[Circassians]]), [[Karachays]], [[Abaza people|Abaza]], [[Nogays]] and minorities of [[Ukrainians]], [[Greeks]] and [[Armenians]].

====1926====
According to the [[First All-Union Census of the Soviet Union]] of 1926, inhabitants of Batalpashinsk (present-day Cherkessk) included:<ref name=EK>[http://www.ethno-kavkaz.narod.ru/rnkchr.html Этнокавказ. Национальный состав КЧР по переписям 1926—2002] {{in lang|ru}}</ref>
*[[Russians]] (82.7%)
*[[Ukrainians in Russia|Ukrainians]] (9.0%)
*[[Karachays]] (0.8%)
*[[Greeks in Russia|Greeks]] ([[Pontic Greeks]]) (0.2%)

====1939====
The [[Soviet Census (1937)|1937 census]] results were suppressed and destroyed but the [[Soviet Census (1939)|Soviet census of 1939]] recorded:<ref name=EK/>
*[[Russians]] (87.6%)
*Ukrainians (3.6%)
*[[Abazins|Abazin]] (1.5%)
*[[Adyghes]] (i.e. [[Circassians|Circassian]]) (1.4%)
*[[Karachays]] (0.8%)
*[[Ossetians]] (0.5%)
*[[Nogais]] (0.5%)
*[[Pontic Greeks|Greeks]] (0.5%)

====1959====
The [[Soviet Census (1959)|Soviet census of 1959]] recorded:<ref name=EK/>
*Russians (87.7%)
*Ukrainians (2.8%)
*[[Circassians|Circassian]] (2.1%)
*Abazins (1.8%)
*Karachays (1.6%)
*Nogais (0.4%)
*Greeks (0.4%)
*Ossetians (0.4%)

====1970====
The [[Soviet Census (1970)|Soviet census of 1970]] recorded:<ref name=EK/>
*Russians (74.5%)
*Circassian (6.4%)
*Karachays (6.2%)
*Abazins (5.0%)
*Ukrainians (2.1%)
*Nogais (1.0%)
*Greeks (0.5%)
*Ossetians (0.5%)

====1989====
According to the 1989 data from [[Soviet Census (1989)|the final Soviet census]], the population of the city included:<ref name=EK/>
*Russians (67.8%)
*Circassian (9.0%)
*Karachays (7.8%)
*Abazins (6.5%)
*Ukrainians (2.2%)
*Nogais (1.2%)
*Ossetians (0.5%)
*Greeks (0.5%)

====2002====
In 2002, the [[Russian Census (2002)|Russian census]] reported the population including:<ref name="narod1">{{cite web |title=Население по национальной принадлежности, владению русским языком и его использованию по городским и муниципальным округам КЧР |url=https://26.rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0%203.%20%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5%20%D0%BF%D0%BE%20%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%86%20%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD,%20%D0%B2%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8E%20%D1%80%D1%83%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BC%20%D1%8F%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC%20%D0%B8%20%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%BE%20%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8E%20%D0%BF%D0%BE%20%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%20%D0%B8%20%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%BD%20%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BC%20%D0%9A%D0%A7%D0%A0.xlsx |access-date=4 July 2023 |publisher=Rosstat}}</ref>
*[[Russians]] (55.5%)
*[[Karachays]] (13.8%)
*[[Circassians|Circassian]] (12.6%)
*[[Abazins]] (8.1%)
*[[Nogais]] (1.5%)
*[[Ukrainians in Russia|Ukrainians]]  (1.3%)
*[[Ossetians]] (0.6%)
*[[Greeks in Russia|Greeks]] ([[Pontic Greeks]]) (0.4%)
*Other (6.1%)

====2010====
In 2010, the population included:{{citation needed|date=September 2014}}
*[[Russians]] (54.7%)
*[[Karachays]] (16.4%)
*[[Circassians|Circassian]] (13.2%)
*[[Abazins]] (8.2%)
*[[Nogais]] (1.5%)
*Other (6.0%)

====2021====
In 2021, the population included:<ref name="narod1" />
*[[Russians]] (45.5%)
*[[Karachays]] (23.8%)
*[[Circassians]] (16%)
*[[Abazins]] (9.5%)
*[[Nogais]] (1.5%)
*Other (3.7%)