Tatars
Turkic ethnic group
Tatars are a Turkic-speaking people historically associated with Central Asia and the Mongol Empire.
Today most Tatars live in Russia, particularly in Tatarstan, as well as in Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Turkey.
The term once referred broadly to various nomadic peoples of the Eurasian steppes: Tatar cavalry, the Tatar yoke.
Also spelled Tartars, influenced by Tartarus, the Greek underworld—a spelling that reflected European fears of Mongol invasion.
Medieval Asian continental dominion
- Genghis KhanMongol Empire's founder
- invasionForcible entry into territory
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
- TamerlaneTurco-Mongol empire builder
steppe · nomads · raiders · tribute · cavalry · yoke · Ivan the Terrible · annexation
Genghis's conquering people
- TurkicCentral Asian language family
- CrimeanOf a Ukrainian peninsula
- SiberianOf northern Asian Russia
- VolgaEurope's longest river
Kazakhs · Uzbeks · Kyrgyz · Azerbaijanis · Bulgars · Turkmens · Uyghurs
Black Sea peninsula
- SiberiaRussia's eastern expanse
- VolgaEurope's longest river
- UralRussian border mountains
- steppesTreeless Eurasian grasslands
Lithuania · Poland · Russia · Ukraine · Central Asia · nomadic · settlements · diaspora
Adherent of Islam
- IslamQuranic monotheistic religion
- yurtFelt-covered nomad tent
- horsemanshipMounted riding expertise
- archeryShooting with bows
Cyrillic · Arabic script · throat singing · embroidery · tea culture · hospitality · oral tradition · epic poetry
Mongol Empire
Medieval Asian continental dominion
- Genghis KhanMongol Empire's founder
- invasionForcible entry into territory
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
Tamerlane · steppe · nomads · raiders · tribute · cavalry · yoke · Ivan the Terrible · annexation · hordes
Mongols
Genghis's conquering people
Volga · Kazakhs · Uzbeks · Kyrgyz · Azerbaijanis · Bulgars · Turkmens · Uyghurs
Crimea
Black Sea peninsula
steppes · Lithuania · Poland · Russia · Ukraine · Central Asia · nomadic · settlements · diaspora
Muslim
Adherent of Islam
- IslamQuranic monotheistic religion
- yurtFelt-covered nomad tent
- horsemanshipMounted riding expertise
archery · Cyrillic · Arabic script · throat singing · embroidery · tea culture · hospitality · oral tradition · epic poetry · storytelling
- ethnic groupsJews, Arabs, Chinese, Irish, Greeks
- Eurasian HistoryOttoman Empire, Mongol Empire, Byzantine, Byzantium, Constantinople
- Imperial RussiaMoscow, St. Petersburg, Siberia, Volga, Crimea
- Nomadic PeoplesMongols, Scythians, Huns, Bedouins, Kazakhs
- Russian PeoplesRussians, Chechens, Moksha, Altai, Samoyeds
- Steppe HistoryGenghis Khan, Mongol Empire, nomadic tribes, nomads, nomadic culture
TatarsRussians
Citizens of largest nation
Slavs · ethnic Russians · Muscovites · Ukrainians · Belarusians