Tatars

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Turkic people ethnic group

Tatars are a Turkic ethnic group historically centered in regions of Russia and Central Asia, known for their diverse subgroups, Islamic heritage, and significant cultural influence across the Eurasian steppe.

Aliases (8)

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Turkic people → ethnic group →
autonomousRegionIn	Republic of Tatarstan →
capitalOfCoreRegion	Kazan →
conqueredBy	Russian Empire →
countryWithSignificantPopulation	China → Kazakhstan → Russia → Turkey → Ukraine → Uzbekistan →
culturalRegion	Volga Bulgaria historical area →
diaspora	Belarus → Lithuania → Poland →
ethnogenesis	Indigenous peoples of the Volga region → Mongol tribes → Turkic peoples →
historicalRegion	Central Asia → Crimea → Siberia → Volga-Ural region →
historicalState	Crimean Khanate → Golden Horde → Kazan Khanate → Siberian Khanate →
historicalWritingSystem	Arabic script → Latin script →
language	Tatar language →
largestSubgroup	Volga Tatars →
minorityReligion	Atheism → Russian Orthodoxy →
notableCity	Almetyevsk → Kazan → Naberezhnye Chelny →
populationRankInRussia	second-largest ethnic group after Russians →
primaryLanguageFamily	Kipchak branch of Turkic languages →
recognizedAsIndigenousPeopleIn	Russian Federation →
religion	Hanafi school of Islam → Sunni Islam →
subgroup	Astrakhan Tatars → Crimean Tatars → Kazan Tatars → Mishar Tatars → Siberian Tatars →
traditionalCuisine	chak-chak → echpochmak → kystybyi →
traditionalReligionBeforeIslam	Tengrism → shamanism →
traditionalReligionInstitution	Qolşärif Mosque →
writingSystem	Cyrillic script →

Referenced by (31)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Astrakhan Oblast → Chuvash Republic ("Chuvash people") → Podlasie → Tatarstan → Xinjiang → Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug →	ethnicGroup
Azerbaijanis → Azərbaycanlılar → Kazakhs → Uyghurs →	relatedEthnicGroup
Islamic world → Krasnodar Krai → Volga region →	hasEthnicGroup
Tatars ("Siberian Tatars") → Tatars ("Astrakhan Tatars") → Tatars ("Kazan Tatars") →	subgroup
Bashkir language ("Bashkir people") → Kipchak languages →	spokenBy
Cumans →	assimilatedInto
Tengrism →	associatedPeople
Caffa →	ethnicCommunities
Tatar language →	ethnicLanguageOf
Kazan ("Tatar culture") →	hasHeritage
Tatar language ("Kazan Tatar") →	hasMajorDialect
Poland-Lithuania in the early modern period →	hasMajorEthnicGroup
Tulcea →	hasMinorityCommunities
Mari El Republic →	hasPopulationGroup
Dobruja →	historicallyInhabitedBy
Tatars ("Volga Tatars") →	largestSubgroup
Chuvash →	relatedEthnicity
Mirza →	usedByEthnicGroup