Chat Tatars
In today's world, Chat Tatars has become a topic of constant interest and debate. Whether in personal, social or global terms, Chat Tatars has acquired significant relevance in people's daily lives. Its effects are felt in different areas, whether in politics, the economy, culture or technology. Chat Tatars has become a key element in decision-making and determining actions at an individual and collective level. In this article, we will explore the importance and impact of Chat Tatars in our current society, as well as discuss different perspectives and approaches related to this topic.
Cattyr, Цаттыр | |
|---|---|
 Chat Tatar woman. Illustration from a book published in 1799. | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Russia | 2100 |
| Languages | |
| Tom dialect of Siberian Tatar, Russian | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| other Siberian Tatars | |
The Chats (Tatar: чат татарлары, Siberian Tatar: цат татарлар, цаттыр, чатар) are one of the three subgroups of Tom Tatar group of Siberian Tatars. Their traditional areas of settlement are on the rivers Ob, Chik, Uen', and Chaus in Kozhevnikovsky District, Tomsk Oblast, and in Kolyvansky and Moshkovsky districts, Novosibirsk Oblast since the 8th century, later also on the territory of modern Shegarsky, Tomsky, Kochenyovsky, Bolotninsky, Novosibirsky, Toguchinsky, Iskitimsky, Ordynsky districts, and in the cities of Tomsk, Novosibirsk, and Berdsk.
The Chats (along with other related groups) are Sunni Muslims.[1]
References
- ^ Akiner, Shirin (1986). Islamic Peoples Of The Soviet Union. Routledge. p. 94. ISBN 978-1-136-14274-1.
Sources
- Forsyth, James (8 September 1994). A History of the Peoples of Siberia: Russia's North Asian Colony. Cambridge University Press. p. 25. ISBN 9780521477710.