Russia tatar

RUSSIA

EUROPE

CULTURE: VOLGA TATAR

SO, THEY ARE RUSSIAN

The capital of Russia is Moscow.

Volga Tatars live in Russia, in the Republic of Tatarstan.

Kazan is the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan

KAZAN

Tatarstan is located between the Volga River and the Ural Mountains.

THEY LIVE IN RUSSIA.

VOLGA TATARMAIN CULTURE IN

RUSSIA

RUSSIAN

LANGUAGES. THEY SPEAK

TATAR

FLAG OF RUSSIA

FLAG OF TATARSTAN

EMBLEM

TATAR LANGUAGE

äye — yes

yuq — no

isänme(sez)/sawmı(sız) — hello

sälâm — hi (less formal)

saw bul(ığız)/xuş(ığız) — goodbye

zínhar öçen — please

TYPICAL HOUSE

It’s called IZBA. It´s made of wood and straw (roof).

Tatar houses are often surrounded by low fences to keep in their animals.

FOOD

Belesh (soup) Pilaw (boiled meat) Chakchak (honey cake)

They like…

Tatar cuisine is rich with hot soups (şulpa), dough-based dishes (qistibi, pilmän, öçpoçmaq,…) and sweets (çäkçäk, göbädiä,...). Traditional Tatar drinks include ayran, katyk and kumys. Lamb and rice play a prominent role in the traditional Tatar diet.

Chebureki(fried lamb dumplings)

Peremech(meat pie)

CLOTHES Clothes are made of bright materials and are carefully decorated.

TUBETEI

CHITEK VALENKI

JEWELRY

Men and women always wear a hat called

TUBETEI, KALFAK, YAULYK.

KALFAK

The costume includes beautiful boots,

CHITEK, made of colourful leather.

Tatar women traditionally wear a lot

of jewelry

VALENKI are traditional russian

shoes.

FAMILYFamily structure is based on traditional values. Weeding: the choice of a bride is made by the groom´s parents (agreements).

Tatars often encourage endogamy (marriage to other Tatars) out of the belief that it will help keep the Tatar identity from being lost. Family size is usually larger than that of neighbouring populations and is often an extended family of three or more generations.

RELIGIONThey are mainly Sunni Muslims. Other religions: Russian Orthodox Christianity, old believers,…

CURRENCY

The currency is the Russian Rouble.

MEANS OF TRANSPORT

Trolleybus

(It’s the cheapest transport)

COYPRINUS CARPIO

ANIMALS

URAL OWL

ELK

BADGER

PLANTSTAIGAS (Northern or Boreal Forests)

Pine trees

TUNDRA (Subglacial land which hardly has vegetation)

Moss

Birch forest

CENTRAL BLACK EARTH REGION

Cereals

Prunus Serrulata Kanzan (Cherry

tree) Cabbage

RIVERS

MOUNTAINS

Koshtan-Tau

(5.142 m.)

The Volga River is the longest river in Europe.

GEOGRAPHY Mount Elbrus (5.642m) is the highest peak in Russia.

LAKE

Lake Baikal is the most voluminous, the deepest, the oldest and one of the

clearest in the world.

SEA

Caspian Sea.

It’s the largest enclosed inland

body of water on Earth.

The Lena River is the longest river in Russia.

WEATHER

WINTER

SUMMER

Temperatures in summer are warm (+20 ºC)

Winters are freezing with very low temperatures (under -16º C)

JOBS

Tatarstan’s major natural resources include oil, natural gas, and petrol.

GAS PETROLOIL

Traditional occupations of the Tatars include agriculture, hunting, fishing, crafts, and trade. Under Soviet rule, many jobs were in state-run agricultural and industrial collectives.

Tchaikovsky

FAMOUS PEOPLE

Valentina Vladimirovna

MUSICIAN

ASTRONAUT

Fiódor Dostoyevski

WRITER

SPORTS

FOOTBALL

HORSE RACING

The horse is an important part of the traditional Tatar culture.

MONUMENTSTHE KREMLIM

RED SQUARE

SAINT BASIL’S CATHEDRAL

KAZAN KREMLIM

ART

The ancestors of the modern Tatars were skilled in crafting jewelry of gold, silver, bronze, and copper. They also were known for making pottery with engraved ornaments, as well as for crafting metal decorations and bronze locks in the shape of animals.

CURIOSITIES

• For centuries, there was tension between ethnic Russians and Tatars. As a result, the Tatars suffered from discrimination, which affected how they came to interact with Russian society. The Tatars of today typically live in small communities and often rely on a network of friends and business contacts from within the Tatar community.

• Tatar literature has often emphasized the role of the artist in voicing the ideals of the Tatar people.

• TATAR POPULATION: 6.6 million.

• Tatars used to be nomads.

• Tatars are descendants of Mongol and Turkic people, who formed the Mongolian

Empire, founded by conqueror Genghis Khan.

The most popular celebration is the week-long Festival of the Plow, or Sabantuy, held in spring, which ends with a day of singing, dancing, and sporting events.

CURIOSITIES

• Flowers are given as a symbol of friendship and courtesy. It has to be an odd number (1,3,5,7,9,…) because even numbers (2,4,6,8,10,…) are given as an offering to dead people.

They pray in groups and offer sacrifices to the God of the Sun and ancestor spirits. They think all this is good for the reproduction of the animals, the fertility of the plants,…