Kurash

Folk wrestling styles practiced in Central Asia

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Type

folk wrestling, wrestling style

Köräş (also kuresh, koresh, küreş, güreş, göreş and similar variants) refers to a number of folk wrestling styles practiced in Central Asia.

Köräş wrestlers (Turkish: Güreş, Tatar: köräşçelär; Altay: кӱрешчилер, küreščiler) use towels to hold their opponents, and their goal is to throw their opponents off the feet. The wrestling is the main competition at the folk festival Sabantuy.

The sport is called گولش / ҝүләш / güləş in Azerbaijani, көрәш in Bashkir, кӗрешӳ in Chuvash, күрес / küres in Kazakh, күрөш / küröş in Kyrgyz, кӱреш / küreş in Shor, küreş / күреш / көрәш / kөrəş in Tatar, güreş in Turkish, göreş in Turkmen, and kurash in Uzbek, all derived from Old Turkic küreş.

Notable Kurash athletes and practitioners

• Yuri Evseitchik Israel
• Behruzi Khojazoda Tajikistan
• Elyas Ali Akbari Iran
• Khilola Ortikboeva Uzbekistan
• Malaprabha Jadhav India
• Majid Vahid Barimanlou Iran
• Färit Mädiäref Soviet Union

External links

• Wikipedia
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q936515 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.