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EncyclopediaTatarsTatars (tä'turz) [key]or Tartars (tär'turz) [key], Turkic-speaking peoples living primarily in Russia. They number about 5.5 million and are largely Sunni Muslims. The name is derived from Tata or Dada, a Mongolian tribe that inhabited present NE Mongolia in the 5th cent. First used to describe the peoples that overran parts of Asia and Europe under Mongol leadership in the 13th cent., it was later extended to include almost any Asian nomadic invader. Before the 1920s Russians used the name Tatar to designate the Azerbaijani Turks and several tribes of the Caucasus. Sections in this article: The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. More on Tatars from Infoplease:
- Tatar Strait - Tatar Strait Tatar Strait, narrow body of water, c.350 mi (560 km) long and from 5 to 80 mi ...
- Tatars: The Tatar Empire - The Tatar Empire The original Tatars probably came from E central Asia or central Siberia; unlike ...
- Tatars: Bibliography - Bibliography See B. S. Izhbolden, Essays on Tatar History (1963).
- Tatars: Disintegration of the Empire - Disintegration of the Empire Internal divisions, the expansion of Moscow, the invasion by Timur, ...
- Tatars: Recent History - Recent History In 1783 the last Tatar state, Crimea, was annexed to Russia. The Nogais were ...
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