Расология, Антропология, Генетика : Tatars; Volga Tatars, Crimean Tatars, Astrakhan Tatars, Lipka Tatars, Siberian Tatars, etc

четверг, 18 апреля 2013 г.

Tatars; Volga Tatars, Crimean Tatars, Astrakhan Tatars, Lipka Tatars, Siberian Tatars, etc

Volga Tatars:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volga_Tatars

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The Volga Tatars are the largest subgroup of the Tatars, native to the Volga-Ural region. They account for roughly six out of seven million Tatars worldwide. They are in turn subdivided into various subgroups, the largest being the Kazan Tatars.

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Crimean Tatars:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean_Tatars

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Crimean Tatars (Crimean Tatar: Qırımtatar) or Crimeans (Crimean Tatar: Qırım, Qırımlı) are a Turkic ethnic group native to the Crimean peninsula on the northern part of the Black Sea, in modern-day Ukraine. They are one of the three subgroups of the Tatars, the others being the Volga Tatars and the Lipka Tatars. Crimean Tatars speak Crimean Tatar, Turkish, or Russian, depending on locale.

Lipka Tatars:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipka_Tatars

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The Lipka Tatars (also known as Belarusian Tatars, Lithuanian Tatars, Polish Tatars, Lipkowie, Lipcani or Muślimi) are a group of Turkic-speaking Tatars who originally settled in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania at the beginning of 14th century. The first settlers tried to preserve their shamanistic religion and sought asylum amongst the non-Christian Lithuanians.[1] Towards the end of the 14th century, another wave of Tatars - this time, Muslims, were invited into the Grand Duchy by Vytautas the Great. These Tatars first settled in Lithuania proper around Vilnius, Trakai, Hrodna and Kaunas [1] and later spread to other parts of the Grand Duchy that later became part of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. These areas comprise present-day Lithuania, Belarus and Poland. From the very beginning of their settlement in Lithuania they were known as the Lipka Tatars. While maintaining their religion, they united their fate with that of the mainly Christian Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. From the Battle of Grunwald onwards the Lipka Tatar light cavalry regiments participated in every significant military campaign of Lithuania and Poland.
The Lipka Tatar origins can be traced back to the descendant states of the Mongol Empire of Genghis Khan - the White Horde, the Golden Horde, the Crimean Khanate and Kazan Khanate. They initially served as a noble military caste but later they became urban-dwellers known for their crafts, horses and gardening skills. Throughout centuries they resisted assimilation and kept their traditional lifestyle. While they remained very attached to their religions, over time however, they lost their original Tatar language and for the most part adopted Polish.[2] There are still small groups of Lipka Tatars living in today's Belarus, Lithuania and Poland, as well as their communities in United States.