The Tatars, formerly also spelled Tartars, is an umbrella term for different Turkic ethnic groups bearing the name "Tatar" across Eastern Europe and Asia. 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. Historically, the term Tatars 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.
Musa Cälil was a Soviet–Tatar poet and resistance fighter. He is the only poet of the Soviet Union awarded simultaneously the Hero of the Soviet Union award for his resistance fighting and the Lenin Prize for having written The Moabit Notebooks; both awards were bestowed upon him posthumously.
The Lipka Tatars are a Turkic ethnic group who originally settled in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania at the beginning of the 14th century. Lithuanian Tatars, who are descendants of immigrants from the Crimean Khanate, are considered an ethnic group of Crimean Tatars.
Siberian Tatars are the indigenous Turkic-speaking population of the forests and steppes of Western Siberia, originating in areas stretching from somewhat east of the Ural Mountains to the Yenisey River in Russia. The Siberian Tatars call themselves Yerle Qalıq, to distinguish themselves from more recent Volga Tatar immigrants to the region.
The Volga Tatars or simply Tatars are a Kipchak-Bulgar Turkic ethnic group native to the Volga-Ural region of western Russia. They are subdivided into various subgroups. Volga Tatars are the second-largest ethnic group in Russia after ethnic Russians. Most of them live in the republics of Tatarstan and Bashkortostan. Their native language is Tatar, a language of the Turkic language family. The predominant religion is Sunni Islam, followed by Orthodox Christianity.
Ibragimov, Ibrahimov or Ibragimova, Ibrahimova is a common Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Tatar and Central Asian surname. The spelling reflects the Cyrillic alphabet's version of the name Ibrahim, an Islamic version of the Abraham.
A Tatar personal name, being strongly influenced by Russian tradition, consists of two main elements: isem and familia and also patronymic. Given names were traditional for Volga Bulgars for centuries, while family names appeared in the end of the 19th century, when they replaced patronymics. In fact, the usage of family names appeared when Russian scribers gave documents to Bulgars. Later, being adapted to Soviet tradition, Volga Bulgars started to use a patronymic as the third element, especially in informal communication.
Mustafa Edige Kirimal was a Crimean-born Lipka-Tatar politician.
Islam in Tatarstan existed prior to the tenth century, but it began major growth in 922, when Bulgar ruler Almış converted to Islam. This was followed by an increase in missionary activity in Volga Bulgaria. Islam remained the dominant religion through the Mongol invasion and subsequent Khanate of Kazan. In 1552, the region was finally conquered by Russia, bringing the Volga Tatars and Bashkirs on the Middle Volga into the tsardom. Under Russian rule, Islam was suppressed for many years, first during the Tsardom and Empire and later during the Soviet era. Today, Islam is a major faith in Tatarstan, adhered to by 47.8–55 percent of the estimated 3.8 million population, making it one of the two dominant religions in the region, the other being Orthodox Christianity.
Garayev or Garaev is a masculine surname common among Azeris, Volga Tatars, Turkmens, Bashkirs; its feminine form is Garayeva or Garaeva. The surname may refer to:
Gizzatullin (masculine) or Gizzatullina (feminine) is a Tatar and Bashkir common modern surname of originally Arabic origin. The surname is Russian adaptation of the Tatar and Bashkir first name Gizzatulla, which is the form of the Arabic name Izzatullah, translated as 'majesty', 'honor' and 'might' of Allah. Corrupted variations: Gizzatulin/Izzatulin, Gizatullin/Izatullin/Zatullin, Gizatulin/Izatulin/Zatulin/Tulin. The native form of the surname is Gizzatulla.
Aydar Gabdulkhaevich Akhatov is a Russian state, political and public figure, journalist, scientist-economist, ecologist, lawyer, artist. He is an ethnic Tatar.
The Mishar Tatars, previously known as the Meshcheryaki (мещеряки), are the second largest subgroup of the Volga Tatars, after the Kazan Tatars. Traditionally, they have inhabited the middle and western side of Volga, including the nowadays Mordovia, Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, Ryazan, Penza, Ulyanovsk, Orenburg, Nizhny Novgorod and Samara regions of Russia. Many have since relocated to Moscow. Mishars also comprise the majority of Finnish Tatars and Tatars living in other Nordic and Baltic countries.
Ildar Abdulovich Ibragimov is a Russian mathematician, specializing in probability theory and mathematical statistics.
Uzeir Abduramanovich Abduramanov was a sapper in the Red Army during the Great Patriotic War. After securing the safe transfer of troops across the Sozh river under heavy enemy fire and through icy water, he was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 15 January 1944.
Ablâziz Veliyev is a Crimean Tatar writer, poet, academic, and historian. He has written many books about Crimean Tatar soldiers of the Red Army during World War II, especially ones who were nominated for the title Hero of the Soviet Union but received a lower award instead.
