Hi fellow Tatars and their friends!

I’ve been living abroad for quite a long time now and it’s always been a challenge to explain who are the Tatars.

Usually when you say that you’re from Russia they think like you’re Russian ethnically. Which isn’t true.

Sometimes I used to say that I’m from Tatarstan and the answer “Ah, Kazakhstan! I know that place” immediately came up.

How do you educate people abroad about our nation?

Usually if I have a little bit of time I can dive deeper into the process of founding our nation through some Mongolian and Huns hordes with a pinch of every steep nation who was near by that time.

Im curious to hear your thoughts on that!

Specifically the Tatarczuks that moved from Poland to America but any kind of information you know about folk lore would be okay 👍

I have read some comments here that claim that all Tatars have white skin, blonde hair and blue eyes. That is not true. There are Tatars with a wide variety of skin tones and hair colors, some don't even have Asian almond eyes.

In the Dobruja in Romania, the so-called Dobrujan Turko-Tatars mostly have black hair, brown eyes and brown skin (brone tone).

Many Turko-Tatars from the Dobruja emigrated to Turkey, especially in the 1930s.

Sälam my brothers. I have a question about our name. Why hasn't there been a movement to bring back our native name Bolghar? Why do we still use our colonizers name?

I'm just curious :)

Good morning everyone, sorry to bother. Do you happen to know any cultural center of the Tatar diaspora in Europe? It would make it easier to get to know the culture and the people without having to go to Russia. Thanks!

Damn I feel like an NPC asking these questions in fear of somebody already asking them. This part of the world due to how vast and varied it is has always peeked my interest. Like social interactions between groups - for example are there certified hood moments when you see a Chuvash or Tuvan person turn up at a social event? Maybe a slight nod of head . But also literature, I've heard a few stories relating to the Russian expansion into Siberia and it fascinated me - the mystique, resistance of natives and writings of travellers on nature. It's a treasure and I was hoping to be pointed in the right direction by the community for more. Plus why is the mantı you guys make so damn big? Is Bolgar the old capital worth a visit? When it comes to friendships are there any distinctions you see between your Tatar and Russian friends? Are there any culture shocks Russians have when interacting with the average Chad? I've heard some Tatar people have begun trying to revive the old ethnonym Bulgar - is it credible? Care to share any stories on life and culture in Tatarstan? Where could I go to get that authentic Tatar experience? What are common Tatar swear words used in traffic? Stereotypes? Thanks

I am also sorry if this looks cringe. I am a Turkmen (Yomut for those who are wondering) and my tribe or sub-tribe I should say is called Tatar. I have always thought i was i was just Turkmen and the name Tatar was either how Persian maybe called Turkic people and it just stuck Or maybe it was something like tat+er which is like "foreign man" but I came across some

https://jamestown.org/volga-tatars-in-iran-being-turkmenified/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatar,_North_Khorasan

https://realnoevremya.com/articles/457

https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/15284/TX

Sorry if this looks cringe. So i did a DNA test and found out that i have Tatar ancestors, so i’m interested can i consider myself Tatar too?

Is MobiMatter working in Kazan guys? I will travel from abroad.

Hey guys, I am going to travel Kazan next week for 3 days. I have couple of questions.

1. How can I easily get to the center of city from airport? I booked a hotel near Kremlyovskaya
2. What places do you recommend visiting and how can I get there from the city center?

I heard it in LanguageGuessr as a sample of the Tatar language https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OgCuYBAiVldQ0VrwS0MjZ9-rv97HVZPL/view?usp=sharing

Hello :) I am an Arab who loves world music and is now discovering Tatar music. I am going to leave a link to a song I really like, and I would want to know and learn more about it. I understand that it is an old song, does anyone know how old? What is the name of the language they sing in? What is the song about? And feel free to recommend me other songs I might like. Thank you.

https://youtu.be/Zh4bgS_0T-E?si=QzIl2_hnhhNS-_22

Hello!

Would like to know a bit more about how similar -if at all- these two languages are? How much can one understand the other and vice versa?

Thanks for the answers!

https://preview.redd.it/e0dde5wahsld1.png?width=799&format=png&auto=webp&s=7b4caf89b72c3ba5a1e1d5dd550369a5ca83a0e3

Hi! My paternal line is Hungarian from Transylvania (now Romania), and I'm from Hungary itself, and as you can see, my nickname is Karabars (I forged it by merging old, turkic names used by the Conquering Hungarians to spell out my favourite animal).
Since my Y-haplogroup is R1b1a1a2a2c1-CTS1843, which is common among Bashkirs and Tatars (and I have a small amount of East Asian dna, which is common for Transylvanian-Hungarians), when I saw today the coat-of-arms of Tatarstan, the Aq Bars, it highly resonated with me.
Thus I made a personalised version of it, the Kara Bars. I hope it's not inappropriate, and none of you take it wrong.
Love and support from Hungary! (And sorry for my government.)

I'm from Turkey and until now I thought my family (dad's side) was typically Tatars from around here. but recently I've found out that we were actually Tatars from Yugoslavia that migrated to Turkey when the w4r broke out.

So I wanted to learn about Tatars from Yugoslavia, but I've found absolutely nothing on the internet so far. It seems like there wasn't really much of a community there back in the day

If you guys know anything I'd really appreciate it, thanks

Исәнмесез,

I've been having a somewhat "cultural identity crisis" and thought of posting here.

I'm half Russian, half Tatar Kerəşen (Noğäybäk).

I've mostly grown up alienated from the Türkic side of my cultural heritage. Never celebrated Saban-tui, and all the language I've known was "рәхмәт" and "әйдә".

I don't really look central Asian, contrary to some of my relatives.

I don't really want to lose my Tatar heritage. I'm just not sure of what it is.

I'm no stranger to Orthodoxy, which seems to have laid the foundation of the Kerəșen cultural identity (in part, thanks to the efforts of Yilminsky).

I've been learning Tatar tele on and off. Somewhat inspired by Tukais' famous quote ("И туган тел, и матур тел, әткәм-әнкәмнең теле").

I understand that, in the greater scheme of things, it's hard to actually "prescribe" a national identity. As it's somewhat reductive.

But I just wanted to know what, if anything, could help me reconnect and retain my Tatar-Kerəşen heritage. Should I double down on learning the language and further look into literature and other artistic media? Should I learn more about Saban-tui and other holidays? I'd love to, but I feel like a foreigner or a tourist amidst 'my own'.

This question feels kinda pointless or insincere. But, рәхмәт anyway.

Hi, I'm not sure if this regards Tatarstan or Bashkortostan, but I'll post it here anyway. Does anybody know the song that starts at 29.19?

I've listened to it a lot, but have no idea what it is called, or really anything about it. I think it is super catchy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CY0I0ow9eE4

I am an Asian expat that will be working soon in Kazan.

Any suggestions for areas with apartments / condo units that would satisfy the following

1. Fully furnished
2. Near public transport
3. Near parks/gym/pool
4. Good healthy expat community and safe/walkable

And probably include price range, budget is max 90,000 rubles per month. Not necessarily specific apartments, just the areas in Kazan where I should start looking.

Thank you very much for your recommendations!