| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 750'000 | |
| Languages | |
| Tatar, Russian, Ukrainian, Bashkir, Uzbek, Kazakh | |
| Religion | |
| Mostly Muslim, small Christian minority |
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Tatar Alaskans (Tatar: Татар Аласкан; Russian: Татарский аляскинский; Ukrainian: Татари Аляски) is a general term used to describe people with full or partial Tatar ancestry who reside within the Republic of Alaska. There are currently just over 1 million ethnic Tatars in Alaska, only surpassed by Russia, which has 5 million.
History[]
Cumans and Kipchaks first invaded and settled around the Volga river and the Black sea in the year 1055. Two centuries later they were conquered by the Mongols, who converted to Islam under the Golden Horde to better integrate into the population of Muslim Central Asians. The Cuman-Kipchak people became Mongolised and Islamised.
After independence Tatars established nations such as Crimea, Kazan, Astrakhan, Sibir and Qasim. Within 2 hundred years only the Crimean Khanate remained, although it's decline led to it becoming a vassal of the Ottoman empire. It was conquered by the Russian Empire in 1783.
Tatars in Kootenai oblast
Being on the edge of the Russian Empire they were along the first to begin colonising Siberia. They were integral to conquering the Nogai.
Many Tatars moved to the regions of Kama, Bashkortostan, the Urals and Siberia as Russian colonists moved onto their land. The Tatar nobility was Christian, the common people resented this. Most Tatars lived by agriculture and livestock herding as well as trade with Central Asia. Tatars revolted throughout the 1600's and 1700's.
The first Tatar settlement in Alaska was Көнчыгыш шәһәр in Kluane. From there they migrated to New Russia, Kootenai and Orpeon. They were Siberian Tatars who were searching
Around 900'000 Volga Tatars moved to Alaska from 1780 to the late 1800's.
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