Tatars (Tatar: Tatarlar/Татарлар), also Tartar, is a collective name applied to the Turkic speaking people of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The name is derived from Tartarus, L.W. Moses, "Mongolia - Ethnography and early tribal history", Encyclopaedia Britannica, Online Edition, (LINK), the Greek god of the underworld, as a reference to the brutality of Turco-Mongol hordes in Europe. It was first used to describe the peoples that overran parts of Asia and Europe under Mongol leadership in the 13th century. It was later extended to include almost any Asian nomadic invader, whether from Mongolia or the fringes of Western Asia. Before the 1920s Russians used the name Tatar to designate numerous peoples from the Azeris to tribes of the Siberia.
Most current day Tatars live in the central and southern parts of Russia (the majority in Tatarstan), Ukraine, Poland and in Bulgaria, China, Kazakhstan, Romania, Turkey, and Uzbekistan. They collectively numbered more than 10 million in the late 20th century. Most Tatars are Sunni Muslims.
The majority—in European Russia—are descendants of Eastern European Volga Bulgars who were conquered by the Mongol invasion of the 13th century and kept the name of their conquerors. Tatars of Siberia are survivors of the once numerous Turkic-Mongolian population of the Ural-Altaic region, mixed to some extent with the speakers of Uralic languages, as well as with Mongols.
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Lietuvos Totoriai - Lithuanian Tatars - Brief information on the history and traditions of the Tatar diaspora in Lithuania.
My Kazan - Portal site for Kazan and Tatarstan.
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Old Tatar songs - Lyrics and sound files (MP3 format).
Republic of Tatarstan - Official website with news and information on Tatarstan.
Meta Description: [ Official Web-site of the Republic of Tatrstan: everything you want to know about Tatarstan. Reliable day-to-day info. ]
Tatar Culture Pages - Tatar paintings and crafts, online Tatar book and music store.
Meta Description: [ Tatar (Tartar) Culture Pages include a collection of Tatar painting and Tatar crafts, online Tatar book store and online Tatar national music store. ]
Tatars - Profile of the Tatar people, from NUPI - Centre for Russian Studies.
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Tatarstan - Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation (UNPO) member page for Tatarstan.
Tatarstan on the Internet - Information on broad range of topics, maintained by Kazan State University.
Tatarstan, Sovereign Republic - Personal home page of Tatiana Voltchenko in Kazan (in English and Russian).
Meta Description: [ Main page about Republic Tatarstan, Russia ]
The Baraba Tatars - Overview article from The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire.
The Tatar Gazette - Cultural and educational newspaper of the Tatar community in the Republic of Mordovia (in English and Russian).
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TMG - Tatar Mail Group (Tatar-L) - Mailing list; postings preferred in Tatar or English.
Meta Description: [ tatar-l: Tatar Mail Group ]
Zulya - Homepage of Australian based Tatar singer Zulya Kamalova.
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