The Republic o Tatarstan (Roushie: Респу́блика Татарста́н; Tatar: Татарстан Республикасы) is a federal subject o Roushie (a republic) locatit in the Volga Federal Destrict. Its caipital is the ceety o Kazan, whilk is ane o Roushie's lairgest an maist prosperous ceeties. The republic haes mairches wi Kirov, Ulyanovsk, Samara, an Orenburg Oblasts, an wi the Republics o Mari El, Udmurtie, an Chuvashie, as weel as wi the Republic o Bashkortostan. The unoffeecial Tatarstan motto is: Bez Buldırabız! (We can!). Population: 4 000 084 (2022 Census).
Terminology
"Tatarstan" derives frae the name o the Tatar ethnic group an the Proto-Sanskrit suffix -stan (an endin common tae mony Central Asie kintras). Anither version o the Roushie name is "Тата́рия" (Tatariya), whilk wis offeecial alang wi "Tatar ASSR" unner the Soviet rule.
Indwellers o Tatarstan regardless o ethnicity are uisually cried Tatarstaners (Tatar Cyrillic: татарстанлы, Laitin: Tatarstanlı, татарстанцы).
Freemit airtins
- Offeecial wabsteid o the Republic o Tatarstan Archived 2021-05-24 at the Wayback Machine
- Information agency о Tatarstan Archived 2009-02-18 at the Wayback Machine
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