Tatars

Turkic ethnic group in Asia and Europe, the main population of Tatarstan
Intangible ethnic_group Q35565
Tatars
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Summary

Tatars is an ethnic group[1]. Tatars ranks in the top 0.49% of ethnic group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24,586 views/month, #22 of 4,529).[2]

Key Facts

  • Native language: Tatar[3], Russian[4]
  • Religion or worldview: Sunni Islam[5], Eastern Orthodoxy[6]
  • Subclass of: Turkic peoples[7]
  • Part of: Kipchak[8], Kipchak–Bulgar[9], Turkic peoples[10]
  • Commons category: Tatar people[11]
  • Has part(s): Volga Tatars[12], Sybyrs[13], Astrakhan Tatars[14], Lipka Tatars[15], Crimean Tatars[16]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Tatar people[17]
  • Population: 6,421,500[18]
  • Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[19], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20], Q25851640[21], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[22], The New Student's Reference Work[23], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[24]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: Tatar[25], Russian[26]
  • Demonym: tătar[27], tătară[28], tătari[29], tătare[30]
  • Native label: tatarlar[31], татарлар, tatarlar[32]
  • Different from: Tartary[33], Tatar confederation[34]
  • Culture: Tatar culture[35]
  • Permanent duplicated item: Q13202813[36]
  • P14541: 37LRRR[37]

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Influence

Things named for Tatars include Tatarstan[38], a republic of Russia[39], in Russia[40], founded in 1990[41]; tartar sauce[42]; Strait of Tartary[43], a strait[44], in Russia[45]; Tatarlı[46], a human settlement[47], in Turkey[48]; Tatar quarter[49], a neighborhood[50], in Bulgaria[51]; Tatar[52], a village of Turkey[53], in Turkey[54]; and Tatarkale[55], a mahalle[56], in Turkey[57].

Why It Matters

Tatars has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[58] Tatars is known by 104 alternative names across languages and contexts.[59]

Entities named for Tatars include Tatarstan[38], a republic of Russia[39], in Russia[40], founded in 1990[41]; tartar sauce[42]; Strait of Tartary[43], a strait[44], in Russia[45]; Tatarlı[46], a human settlement[47], in Turkey[48]; Tatar quarter[49], a neighborhood[50], in Bulgaria[51]; and Tatar[52], a village of Turkey[53], in Turkey[54].

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [58] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [59] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Bischrob · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sociomap id → SM257947
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Sociomap id: SM257947, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1788904550532"
  2. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 37LRRR
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 14w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → tatars
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: tatars, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289961477|tatars (#289961477)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'mat"
  4. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0268622-Tatari
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0268622-Tatari, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259495|batch #259495]]"
  5. 22w ago · MarisDreshmanisBot bot · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||kk, mdf, tk */ Self-revert: curator-generated descriptions did not follow Help:Description (Wikipedia first-sentence pattern, too long, capital letter, repeat"
  6. 22w ago · MarisDreshmanisBot bot · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Different from → Tartary, Tatar confederation
    Native label → tatarlar, татарлар, tatarlar
    Has part(s) → Volga Tatars, Siberian Tatars, Astrakhan Tatars +2
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||kk, mdf, tk */ Add 3 multilingual descriptions extracted from Wikipedia article first sentences (universal multilingual maintenance — Q-walker v2.1)."
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