Brief History of the Tatars

Who are the Crimean Tatars?

Crimean Art and Decoration

Crimean Tatars - from Al Jazeera

Melody 1990

 Tatar artist Rifkat Mukhamedovich Vakhitov

Piece is titled - Melody

Three ladies and tea

This image is from a posting about a Tatar Art exhibit that was held in Turkmenstan.  I don't have an artist name or date on this.

Tatar doing namaz

This sculpture is German and was cast in 1890.  It is on sale right now on eBay for seven something thousand dollars.  Is he Tatar?  Is this from the era when all of Asia was "Tartary"? 

Tatarstan Flag

Nogai 1832

Cәmilә & Aydar Ğaynullin - "Tal tibrәlә"

This is really good.  From seven years ago

Costumes des habitans de Tomsk en Sibérie. Jeune fille de Kazan" von Danois nach Demoraine; unterhalb der Darstellung typographisch betitelt und bezeichnet; Paris 1846

Tatar illustrations from Razgavornik

Ay Bilbillim in the Park

I play in the streets of San Francisco. This is a (raw) version of Ay Bilbillim, September 2017. The accordion is the official instrument of the City of San Francisco and the public of this city are very welcoming to accordion music.. Most people just walk up to you and say thank you or they thumbs-up out a passing car window...

Soviet Baumann - writer's union

Baumann Street Kazan

Tatar Boots

Kazan of Ago

Tatar Mother and Child

Bashkir Waitress

Kazan Postcard 1905

Tatar Folk Ornamentation - Book

1794 Mişär Tatar Women

Published in Voyages de M. P. S. Pallas en differentes provinces de l'empire de Russie, et dans l'Asie septentrionale. (Maradan, Paris 1788–1793).

Monnan Dürt Yöz Yıl Elektä

Elezan Sabantuy 2017

I was blessed with the good fortune of being able to attend the annual Sabantuy in Elezan, Penza, in the Russian Federation. Elezan is the largest Tatar village in Russia with roughly 16,000 inhabitants. This village also has many mosques, I believe about a dozen, the newest one is gleaming and sizable. Many women in Elezan wear scarves and it would be accurate to say it is a conservative religious community. It is also visibly wealthy, with a hard working population and high quality homes to match. The people of Elezan are very friendly and speak the Tatar language freely. I hope to return someday. It's a very pretty and interesting place.

San Francisco Sabantuy 2017

This is just a brief taste of the high quality performances that our guests presented. They did a fantastic show at the Sabantuy event itself and then this bit above is from our community building (bina)on the day after Sabantuy. July 10, 2017. Burlingame California

Gulçeçek - Illustrations from Tatar children's book

Kazan 34-37

Halime Kamaydan

Green Box - Tatar Music

ilyas Bulәk

Scotch Stamps - Tatar Music Compilation

Now this tape was a bit of a challenge. The source tape is rotting, moldy and twisted. Any attempt to reduce noise reduced far too much of the "essential" audio range. If you can tolerate the "dirtyness" of the recording, it has some of the most interesting content of them all. This may be a last gasp for this tape. Enjoy...

and why is it called "Scotch Stamps"?  Because it's a Scotch tape with postage stamps on the cover.

Tapşıru 3 - Tatar Music Compilation

Söyüm bikә - Azatliq Radio Nixon Era

After a brief Azatliq news broadcast, this recording is all about our dear Soyembike. I don't have a date on this.

Plaklardan - Tatar / Bashkir Music Compilation

Konsert No1 - Tatar / Bashkir Music

Konsert No 6 - Tatar / Bashkir Music