The Tatars in Russia are clearly white, so why use the Mongolian nickname?

The Tatars in Europe, why are they white, not Mongolians?

In Russia and other countries, there is a very interesting ethnic group, the Tatar. This nation is actually a native Russian, but it has a very Chinese name-the Tatars.

In Eastern Europe of Russia, there are Kazan Tatars and Crimean Tatars. These people belong to the minority of Russia, and there is a big gap between them and the main ethnic group of Russia, the Russians. There are now more than 6 million Tatars in Russia, living in central and western Russia, along the middle reaches of the Vova River and its tributary Kama (Kama) River, east to the Ural Mountains.

The former Russian tennis star Safin, Ronaldo’s ex-girlfriend Elena These are typical European whites, but they are all Tatars. What is going on?

It turned out that the Tatars were mainly related to the early Kazan Khan state in Russia. During Mongolia’s many western expeditions, various parts of Eastern Europe became Mongolian colonies, and Genghis Khan’s eldest grandson, Batu, established the Golden Horde on the Volga River. Because of the influence of the Golden Horde, many European whites in the Volga River Valley have Mongolian descent.

After the decline of the Golden Horde, people of both Mongolian ancestry and Turkic tribal ancestry, but believe in Islam, began to claim to be Tatars. Maybe they just want to inherit the glory of the Golden Horde. In 1438, the Tatar nobleman Ulu Muhammad established a feudal state in the middle reaches of the Volga River-the Kazan Khanate. The Kazan Khanate once crushed the Principality of Moscow on the ground, and was eventually destroyed by Tsar Ivan III.

The Kazan Khanate was once restored under the leadership of Muhammad Amin, and was eventually destroyed by Tsar Ivan the Terrible. Since then, Kazan has become the hinterland of the Russians. Until now, there is a Republic of Tatarstan under the Russian Federation, the capital of which is Kazan, and half of the people are Tatars.

The modern Tatars have a total population of more than 6 million. According to their living habits, place of residence and historical traditions, the Tatars are divided into Kazan Tatars, Astrakhan Tatars, and Croatian Tatars. Limu Tatars, Siberian Tatars, etc. Most of the Tatar languages, Tatar, belong to the Kipchak branch of the Turkic family of the Altaic language family, and are written in Russian letters.

From the perspective of descent, there is not much difference between Tatars and Russians, but religious beliefs. Tatars believe in Sunni Islam, while Russians The Eastern Orthodox believers in Christianity are all religions of the same origin, but they are very different. Therefore, the Tatars played a very important role in Russian history. Lenin, the father of the country most revered by the Russians, his grandmother was a Tatar.

The word 鞑靼 is deeply rooted in Russia, but it is really a Chinese word.

As early as the Tang Dynasty, we began to call the nomadic peoples such as Turks and Uighurs "Tatan" and "Data". In the history books of the Yuan Dynasty, we began to call "Tatar". In the Ming Dynasty, the Mongolian headquarters was directly called Tatar, and the "Tatar Biography" recorded the history of central Mongolia.

In Chinese history books, Tatar is a general term for nomads, especially during the Song and Ming Dynasties, they also like to use the word "ge" as a nomadic group. The title. In Western history books, the Tatars are the general term representing the tribes of northern China, and they also refer to the tribes of northern Asia.

Therefore, Tatar may have four meanings in history books:

The collective name of the various ethnic groups in northern Asia; the collective name of the various ethnic groups in northern China; the nickname of the Mongolian nation; the special name of the Mongolian Tatar.

In other words, Tatar is a common term in Chinese and Western history books.

However, what few people know is that the title Tatar has a strong contempt and hostility.

The Russians conquered Kazan on the grounds of Tatar as a backward and uncivilized nation, Enslaving the Tatar tribe. Similarly, when Macartney visited China, he contemptuously called the Qing emperor the Tatar emperor. More similarly, the Ming Dynasty knew the division of Mongolia's ministries, but deliberately used "Tatar" to refer to the Mongolian headquarters.

Even so, in Eastern Europe, due to the influence of the Golden Horde, the Tatars have always been representatives of heroes and warriors. Therefore, these Europeans used the flags as tiger skins, called themselves Tatars, and wanted to get Genghis Khan. The mysterious power has been passed down to this day, and there is the Tatar minority.

We also have Tatars in China, but they are called Tatars. Like the Russians and Uzbeks, they all migrated from Russia in modern times, and they have nothing to do with the Mongolian or Uyghurs. In the sixth census of the Tatar, there were 3,556 people living in Daquan Tatar Nationality Township, Qitai County.

The Tatars are all European whites, but they use a Chinese word as the national name. I have to say, it's fate!