 Named "Kists" (ქისტები) in Georgian, they are closely related culturally, linguistically and ethnically to other Nakh-speaking peoples such as Ingushes and Chechens, but their customs and traditions share many similarities also with the eastern Georgian mountaineers.Around the same region of Georgia, there is also a related but still different community of Nakh origin called Bats.In 1886, a total of 2,314 Kists were recorded as living in Georgia.