Siberian Tatars
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Siberian Tatars (Sybyrtatar:Сыбыртар; Sybyrtar) refers to the indigenous Siberian population of the forests and steppes of South Siberia stretching from somewhat east of the Ural Mountains to the Yenisey river in Russia. The Siberian Tatars call themselves Top Ierli Khalk or older inhabitants to distinguish themselves from newer Volga Tatar immigrants to the region.[1]
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Anthropology [edit]
Siberian Tatars represent a mixture of two races, Uraloid and Mongoloid.
Origin [edit]
The term Siberian Tatar covers three autochthonous groups, all Sunni Muslims of the Hanafi madhab, found in southern Siberia. They are remnants of the Khanate of Sibir, which was conquered by Russia in 1582. Geographically, the Siberian Tatars are divided into three main groups, each speaking their own dialect.[2] Although the Siberian Tatar language has been sometimes considered a dialect of Tatar; detailed study demonstrates that Siberian Tatar idioms are quite remote from Volga Tatar by origin. Siberian Tatars' ancestry was partly from Turkic, Ugric, Mongolic, Ket and Samoyedic [3] tribes, but their main ancestors were the Kypchaks.
Sub - groups [edit]
The main sub-groups of the Siberian Tatars are as follows:
Tobol-Irtysh Tatars [edit]
They live in the Tyumen, Kurgan and Omsk Oblasts.
Baraba Tatars [edit]
Their self-designation is Baraba, and they are found mainly in the steppe of Baraba, in the Novosibirsk Oblast. In 1926, there were 7,528 Baraba Tatars.
Tom Tatars [edit]
The Tom Tatars are indigenous population of Tomsk, Kemerovo and to some extent Novosibirsk Oblasts.
Siberian Bukharans [edit]
The Bukhalyks, literally those from the city of Bukhara are descendents from 15th and 16th Century fur merchant colonies from Central Asia. These settlers have now merged entirely with Siberian Tatars. In 1926, they numbered 11,659 individuals.[4]
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Notes [edit]
- ^ The Siberian Tatars in Muslims of the Soviet empire : a guide / Alexandre Bennigsen [and] S. Enders Wimbush pages 231 to 232 Bloomington : Indiana UP, 1986 ISBN 0-253-33958-8
- ^ The Siberian Tatars in Muslims of the Soviet empire : a guide / Alexandre Bennigsen [and] S. Enders Wimbush pages 231 to 232 Bloomington : Indiana UP, 1986 ISBN 0-253-33958-8
- ^ Levinson, David (1996). Encyclopedia of World Cultures. G.K. Hall. p. 340. ISBN 978-0-8161-1808-3. Retrieved 2008-04-22.
- ^ The Siberian Tatars in Muslims of the Soviet empire : a guide / Alexandre Bennigsen [and] S. Enders Wimbush pages 231 to 232 Bloomington : Indiana UP, 1986 ISBN 0-253-33958-8
