The Tatars have been in Crimea since at least the late 14th century. ... Astrakhan, Sibir, and Crimea. Russia quickly swept up all but Crimea, which became part of the Ottoman Empire.

Volga Tatars went through a long process of ethnogenesis in an area populated by dozens of ... such as Mishars, Kryashens, Astrakhan Tatars, Siberian Tatars, Crimean Tatars, Russians of ...

Crimean Tatars Safeguard Traditions in Ukraine in Hope of Return to Homeland By Anastasiia Malenko and Felix Hoske KYIV (Reuters) - With their ancestral homeland at the heart of future peace talks ...

Two large maternity hospitals in the southern Russian city of Astrakhan will soon display Russian Orthodox icons of the Virgin Mary, RFE/RL's Tatar-Bashkir Service reports.

The history of the Crimean Tatars has taught them to tread carefully. Periods of persecution and exodus, mainly at Russian hands, have characterized the Muslim ethnic minority’s story from at ...