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Tatar cuisine — The Tatar cuisine is primarily the cuisine of the Volga Tatars, who live in Tatarstan, Russia, and surrounding areas. Contents 1 History 2 Traditional Tatar cuisine 2.1 Soups 2.2 … Wikipedia
Tatar invasions — The Mongol invasion of Europe from the east took place over the course of three centuries, from the Middle Ages to the early modern period.The terms Tatars or Tartars are applied to nomadic Turkic peoples who, themselves, were conquered by… … Wikipedia
Volga-Urals Military District — The Volga Ural Military District is a military district of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, formed on 1 September 2001 by the amalgamation of the Volga Military District and the Ural Military District. The headquarters of the Ural… … Wikipedia
The Church in China — The Church in China † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Church in China Ancient Christians The introduction of Christianity into China has been ascribed not only to the Apostle of India, St. Thomas, but also to St. Bartholomew. In the… … Catholic encyclopedia
The Slavs — The Slavs † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Slavs I. NAME A. Slavs At present the customary name for all the Slavonic races is Slav. This name did not appear in history until a late period, but it has superseded all others. The… … Catholic encyclopedia
The Thousandth Anniversary of Islam Mosque — The Thousandth Anniversary of Islam Mosque, The Anniversary Mosque is a mosque in Kazan. It was devoted to the thousandth anniversary of the Islamization of the Volga Bulgars in 922. Based on a design by Pechnikov from 1914, the mosque was built… … Wikipedia
Volga Tatars — Ethnic group group=Volga Tatars poptime= c. 8 million (2005) popplace=Russia: 7,500,000 *Tatarstan: 3,000,000 *Bashkortostan: 1,000,000 all over former Soviet Union *Kazakhstan *Uzbekistan *Ukraine *Azerbaijan *Tajikistan *Lithuania *Belarus… … Wikipedia
Tatar — Tatarian /tah tair ee euhn/, Tataric /tah tar ik/, adj. /tah teuhr/, n. 1. a member of a modern Turkic people living in the Tatar Autonomous Republic and adjacent regions of eastern European Russia and in widely scattered communities in western… … Universalium
Tatar language — language name=Tatar nativename=татарча / Tatarça / تاتارچا states=Russia, other former Soviet Union speakers= 8 million familycolor=Altaic fam1=Altaic [ [http://www.ethnologue.com/show family.asp?subid=90009] Ethnologue ] (controversial)… … Wikipedia
Volga Finns — Approximate ethno linguistic map of European Russia in the 9th century: The five Volga Finnic groups of the Merya, Mari, Muromians, Meshchera and Mordvins are shown as surrounded by the Slavs to the west, the (Finnic) Veps to the northwest, the… … Wikipedia
