Tatars

Tatars
татарлар, tatarlar
Total population
Total: ~7.3 million[1]
Regions with significant populations
Russia
  • (excl. Crimea)
5,554,601[9]
Ukraine
  • (incl. population in Crimea and Crimean Tatars)
  • 319,377[10]
    Uzbekistan~239,965[11]
    (Crimean Tatars)
    Kazakhstan208,987[12]
    Turkey500,000–6,900,000[4][5][6][a]
    Afghanistan100,000[13] (estimate)
    Turkmenistan36,655[14]
    Kyrgyzstan28,334[15]
    Azerbaijan25,900[16]
    Romania~20,000[17]
    United States10,000[18]
    Belarus3,000[19]
    France700[20]
    Switzerland1,045+[21]
    China3,556[22]
    Canada56,000[23]
    (incl. those of mixed ancestries)
    Poland1,916[24]
    Bulgaria5,003[25]
    Finland600–700[26]
    Japan600–2000[27]
    Australia900+[28]
    Czech Republic300+[29]
    Estonia2,000[30]
    Latvia2,800[3]
    Lithuania2,800–3,200[31][32][33]
    (incl. all of Lipka, Crimean and Volga origins)
    Iran20,000–30,000[34]
    (Volga Tatars)
    Languages
    Kipchak languages
    Religion
    Predominantly Sunni Islam
    with Eastern Orthodox minority
    Related ethnic groups
    Other Turkic peoples, especially other speakers of Kipchak languages
    Share of Tatars in regions of Russia, 2010 census

    The Tatars[b] (/ˈtɑːtərz/ TAH-tərz),[35] formerly also spelled Tartars,[b] is an umbrella term for different Turkic ethnic groups bearing the name "Tatar" across Eastern Europe and Asia.[36] Initially, the ethnonym Tatar possibly referred to the Tatar confederation. That confederation was eventually incorporated into the Mongol Empire when Genghis Khan unified the various steppe tribes.[37] Historically, the term Tatars (or Tartars) was applied to anyone originating from the vast Northern and Central Asian landmass then known as Tartary, a term which was also conflated with the Mongol Empire itself. More recently, however, the term has come to refer more narrowly to related ethnic groups who refer to themselves as Tatars or who speak languages that are commonly referred to as Tatar.

    The largest group amongst the Tatars by far are the Volga Tatars, native to the Volga-Ural region (Tatarstan and Bashkortostan) of European Russia, who for this reason are often also known as "Tatars" in Russian. They compose 53% of the population in Tatarstan. Their language is known as the Tatar language. As of 2010, there were an estimated 5.3 million ethnic Tatars in Russia.

    While also speaking languages belonging to different Kipchak sub-groups, genetic studies have shown that the three main groups of Tatars (Volga, Crimean, Siberian) do not have common ancestors and, thus, their formation occurred independently of one another. However, it is possible that all Tatar groups have at least partially the same origin, mainly from the times of the Golden Horde.[38][39]

    Many noble families in the Tsardom of Russia and Russian Empire had Tatar origins.[40][41]

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    2. ^ "Tatars facts, information, pictures – Encyclopedia.com articles about Tatars". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
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    4. ^ a b Henryk Jankowski. Crimean Tatars and Noghais in Turkey // a slightly edited version of the paper with the same title that appeared in Türk Dilleri Arastirmalari [Studies on the Turkic Languages] 10 (2000): 113–131, distributed by Sanat Kitabevi, Ankara, Turkey. A Polish version of this paper was published in Rocznik Tatarów Polskich (Journal of Polish Tatars), vol. 6, 2000, 118–126.
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    19. ^ "Tatars In Belarus". Radio Free Europe. 12 August 2010. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
    20. ^ Рушан, Лукманов (16 May 2018). "Vasil Shaykhraziev met with the Tatars of France | Всемирный конгресс татар". Retrieved 31 October 2021.
    21. ^ "Rustam Minnikhanov meets representatives of the Tatar Diaspora in Switzerland". President of Republic of Tatarstan. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
    22. ^ "Regional Autonomy for Minority Peoples". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China. Archived from the original on 17 October 2006. Retrieved 6 September 2006.
    23. ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census – Canada [Country] and Canada [Country]". 8 February 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
    24. ^ "Ludność. Stan i struktura demograficzno-społeczna – NSP 2011" (PDF) (in Polish). Retrieved 29 October 2021.
    25. ^ "National Statistical Institute". www.nsi.bg. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
    26. ^ "Suomen tataareja johtaa pankkiuran tehnyt ekonomisti Gölten Bedretdin, jonka mielestä uskonnon pitää olla hyvän puolella". Retrieved 6 March 2021.
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    33. ^ Национальный состав населения Литвы. Перепись 2011.
    34. ^ Paul Goble (20 June 2016). "Volga Tatars in Iran Being Turkmenified". Jamestown. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
    35. ^ Tatar in the Collins English Dictionary
    36. ^ "Tatar – people". Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
    37. ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainKropotkin, Peter; Eliot, Charles (1911). "Tatars". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 448–449.
    38. ^ "Татары Евразии: своеобразие генофондов крымских, поволжских и сибирских татар". Вестник Московского Университета. Серия 23. Антропология (3): 75–85. 20 January 2024.
    39. ^ "Внешний вид (фото), Оглавление (Содержание) книги Еникеева Г.Р. "По следам чёрной легенды"".
    40. ^ Thomas Riha, Readings in Russian Civilization, Volume 1: Russia Before Peter the Great, 900–1700, University of Chicago Press (2009), p. 186
    41. ^ Baskakov: Русские фамилии тюркского происхождения (Russian surnames of Turkic origin) (1979)


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