Russia tatar
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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,…