Tatar The Tatars ()Tatar
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different

s are a Turkic ethnic group numbering 6.7 million in the late 20th century, including all subgroups of Tatars, such as

Volga Tatars The Volga Tatars or simply Tatars ( tt-Cyrl, татарлар, tatarlar) are a Turkic ethnic group native to the Volga-Ural region of Russia. They are subdivided into various subgroups. Volga Tatars are Russia's second-largest ethnicity after t ...

Lipka Tatars The Lipka Tatars (Lipka – refers to ''Lithuania'', also known as Lithuanian Tatars; later also – Polish Tatars, Polish-Lithuanian Tatars, ''Lipkowie'', ''Lipcani'', ''Muślimi'', ''Lietuvos totoriai'') are a Turkic ethnic group who origina ...

Crimean Tatars , flag = Flag of the Crimean Tatar people.svg , flag_caption = Flag of Crimean Tatars , image = Love, Peace, Traditions.jpg , caption = Crimean Tatars in traditional clothing in front of the Khan's Palace ...

, and

Siberian Tatars Siberian Tatars ( sty, , ), the ethnographic and ethnoterritorial group of Tatars of Western Siberia, the indigenous Turkic-speaking population of the forests and steppes of Western Siberia, originate in areas stretching from somewhat east of ...

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

is home to the majority of ethnic Tatars, with a population of around 5,500,000.

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked cou ...

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the east. ...

Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

Turkmenistan Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the sout ...

, and

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...

also each have populations greater than 30,000.

Artists

Aisa Hakimcan Aisja Hakimsan (né Hakimsanoff, Russian language, Russian: Айся Хакимджанов: ''Aisya Khakimdzhanov,'' Tatar language, Literary Tatar: Ğəysə Xəkimcanov, Mishar Tatar dialect, Mishar Dialect: Aysə; 13 March 1896 - 5 November 19 ...

- poet, musician, director (Finnish Tatar) *

Dajan Ahmet Dajan Ahmet (born Dajan Ahmetov tt-Cyrl, Даян Әхмәтов, translit=Dayan Äxmätef, also known by the pseudonyms of Jaan Võõramaa and Võõramaa Jean; 22 January 1962 – 4 November 2006) was an Estonian actor and stage director of Tata ...

- actor, director (Estonian Tatar) * Minsalim Timergazeev – sculptor *

Aleksandr Bashirov Alexander Nikolaevich Bashirov (russian: Александр Николаевич Баширов; born 24 September 1955, in Sogom) is a Russian film and theater actor, director and screenwriter. He performed in more than sixty films since 1986. ...

– actor (Siberian Tatar mother) *

Vadim Abdrashitov Vadim Yusupovich Abdrashitov (russian: Вадим Юсупович Абдрашитов, tt-Cyrl, Вадим Йосыф улы Габдерәшитов) is one of Russian cinema's most notable independent director (film), directors. He is inter ...

– film director (Volga Tatar father) *

Talgat Nigmatulin Talgat Kadyrovich Nigmatulin ( tt-Latn, Təlğət Qadıyr uğlı Niğmətulin, russian: Талга́т Кады́рович Нигмату́лин; 5 March 1949, in Kyzyl-Kiya – 11 February 1985, in Vilnius) was a famous Soviet actor and mart ...

– movie actor *

Chulpan Khamatova Chulpan Nailevna Khamatova PAR (russian: Чулпан Наилевна Хаматова; tt-Cyrl, Чулпан Наил кызы Хаматова; born 1 October 1975) is a Russian film, theater and TV actress Biography Early life and theat ...

– actress *

Renata Litvinova Renata Muratovna Litvinova (russian: Рената Муратовна Литвинова; born 12 January 1967) is a Russian actress, film director, and screenwriter. Biography Litvinova was born in Moscow to Volga Tatar father Murat Aminovic ...

– TV celebrity (Volga Tatar father) *

Charles Bronson Charles Bronson (born Charles Dennis Buchinsky; November 3, 1921 – August 30, 2003) was an American actor. Known for his "granite features and brawny physique," he gained international fame for his starring roles in action, Western, and war ...

– American actor (Lipka Tatar father) *

Rinat Baibekov Rinat Baibekov ( tt-Cyrl, Ринат Байбәков, born 1962, Kazan, Russia) comes from a family of artists of Tatar ancestry. He began sketching and painting at a very young age, attending full-time art courses alongside primary school. Baibe ...

– artist *

Marat Basharov Marat Alimzhanovich Basharov (russian: Марат Алимжанович Башаров, tt-Cyrl, Марат Галимҗан улы Бәшәров, born 22 August 1974) is a Soviet and Russian film actor and a TV host, of Volga Tatar origin. H ...

– movie actor, TV show actor * – artist, choreographer, ballet dancer *

Sergey Shakurov Sergey Kayumovich Shakurov (russian: Сергей Каюмович Шакуров, tt-Cyrl, Сергей Каюм улы Шәкүров, translit=Sergey Qayum ulı Şäkürov; born 1 January 1942) is a Soviet and Russian actor of theater. He has ...

– actor *

Valentina Talyzina Valentina Illarionovna Talyzina (russian: Валентина Илларионовна Талызина; born January 22, 1935) is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actress, People's Artist of the RSFSR (1985). Awarded the Order of Honor (2005 ...

– film and stage actress(Russified Tatar father) *

Vasily Vereshchagin Vasily Vasilyevich Vereshchagin (russian: Васи́лий Васи́льевич Вереща́гин, October 26, 1842April 13, 1904), was one of the most famous Russian war artists and one of the first Russian artists to be widely recognis ...

(Tatar ancestry)

Businessmen

Rinat Akhmetov Rinat Leonidovych Akhmetov, ; russian: Ринат Леонидович Ахметов, ; tt-Cyrl, Ринат Леонид улы Әхмәтов, translit=Rinat Leonid uly Äkhmätov (born on 21 September 1966) is a Ukrainian billionaire and b ...

– billionaire, Ukraine's richest citizen, leader of the Donetsk business group * Rustam Tariko – billionaire *

Akhat Bragin Akhat (Alexander) Khafizovich (Sergeevich) Bragin ( uk, Ахать (Олександр) Хафізович (Сергійович) Брагін, russian: Ахать (Александр) Хафизович (Сергеевич) Брагин, tt-Cyrl, ...

– businessman and mentor of Renat Akhmetov, former owner of

FC Shakhtar Donetsk Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk ( uk, Футбольний клуб «Шахтар» Донецьк , short nickname "miners") is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. In 2014, due to the War in Donbass, the club was ...

Dancers

* Galiya Izmaylova – ballerina * Ilshat Shabaev – Russian dancer *

Rudolf Nureyev Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev ( ; Tatar/ Bashkir: Рудольф Хәмит улы Нуриев; rus, Рудо́льф Хаме́тович Нуре́ев, p=rʊˈdolʲf xɐˈmʲetəvʲɪtɕ nʊˈrʲejɪf; 17 March 19386 January 1993) was a Soviet ...

– Soviet ballet dancer and choreographer. *

Diana Vishneva Diana Viktorovna Vishneva (''also trans.'' Vishnyova; russian: Диана Викторовна Вишнёва; born 13 July 1976) is a Russian ballet dancer who performs as a principal dancer with the Mariinsky Ballet (formerly the Kirov Ball ...

– ballerina (Volga Tatar mother)

Media

* Lilia Gildeeva – journalist, newscaster with

NTV NTV may refer to: Television * NTV (Bangladesh), a Bengali-language satellite television channel in Bangladesh * NTV (India), Telugu regional channel * NTV (Kenya) * NTV (Mongolia), a television channel based in Mongolia * NTV (Newport Television) ...

Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff Igor Youriévitch Bogdanoff (; 29 August 1949 – 3 January 2022) and Grégoire "Grichka" Youriévitch Bogdanoff (; 29 August 1949 – 28 December 2021) were French twin television presenters, producers, and essayists who, from the 1970s on, pr ...

– television presenters, producers * Maxim Sharafutdinov * Rosa Syabitova

Models

Elmira Abdrazakova Elmira Rafailovna Abdrazakova (russian: Эльмира Абдразакова; born 7 October 1994 in Zhelezin District) is a Kazakh-Russian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Russia 2013 and represented Russia at the M ...

– Kazakhstani-Russian model and Miss Russia 2013 (Volga Tatar father) * Diana Galimullina – Russian fashion model

Musicians

* Sara Sadiqova – composer *

Alfiya Avzalova Avzalova Alfiya Avzalovna ( tt-Cyrl, Әлфия Афзал кызы Авзалова; 15 January 1933 — 15 June 2017) was a Soviet and Russian Tatar singer. She was an Honored Artist of the Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, People's Art ...

– singer *

Dima Bilan Dima Nikolayevich Bilan (russian: Ди́ма Никола́евич Била́н; born Viktor Nikolayevich Belan, russian: Ви́ктор Никола́евич Бела́н, links=no; 24 December 1981) is a Russian singer, songwriter and acto ...

– singer (Volga Tatar ancestry) *

Aida Garifullina Aida Emilevna Garifullina (russian: Аида Эмилевна Гарифуллина, tt-Cyrl, Аида Эмил кызы Гарифуллина, translit=Aida Emil kyzy Garifullina; born 30 September 1987) is a Russian lyric soprano of Tatar d ...

Dina Garipova Dina Fagimovna Garipova (russian: Дина Фагимовна Гарипова, tt, Динә Фәһим кызы Гарипова, Dinä Fähim kyzy Garipova; born 25 March 1991) is a Russian singer. In 2012, Garipova won the Russian version o ...

– pop singer *

Rustem Hayroudinoff Rustem Hayroudinoff (russian: link=no, Рустем Афзалович Хайрутдинов) is a Russian concert pianist. Tatar by nationality, he was born in Kazan, Russian Federation (Republic of Tatarstan). His father, Afzal Hayroudinoff is a ...

– pianist * Farit Yarullin – composer, author of the music to the first Tatar

ballet Ballet () is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread and highly technical form of ...

Şüräle Shurale (Tatar and Bashkir: Шүрәле, �yræˈlɘ russian: Шурале) is a forest spirit in Tatar and Bashkir mythology. According to legends, Şüräle lives in forests. He has long fingers, a horn on its forehead, and a woolly body. He ...

Zemfira Zemfira Talgatovna Ramazanova (russian: Земфира Талгатовна Рамазанова, tt-Cyrl, Земфира Тәлгать кызы Рамазанова; born 26 August 1976) is a Russian rock musician. She has been performing si ...

– rock singer *

Eldar Djangirov Eldar Djangirov (born January 28, 1987), also known as Eldar, is an American jazz pianist. He was born in Tokmok, Kyrgyz SSR, Soviet Union to Tanya and Emil Djangirov, and is of Volga Tatar and Russian descent. He grew up in Kansas City, MO from ...

– jazz pianist (Volga Tatar father) * Halida Dinova – pianist * Nacip Cihanov – composer * Rustem Yakhin – composer *

Alina Ibragimova Alina Rinatovna Ibragimova (russian: link=no, Али́на Рина́товна Ибраги́мова; ba, Алина Ринат ҡыҙы Ибраһимова born 28 September 1985) is a Russian-British violinist. Early life and education ...

Airat Ichmouratov Airat Rafailovich Ichmouratov (russian: Айрат Рафаилович Ишмуратов, Tatar Cyrillic: Айрат Рафаил улы Ишмурат,) born 28 June 1973) is a Volga Tatar born Russians, Russian / Canadians, Canadian composer ...

– composer, conductor, clarinetist * Salih Saidashev – composer * Irina Smelaya *

Timati Timur Ildarovich Yunusov (born August 15, 1983), better known by his stage name Timati (russian: link=no, Ти́мати), is a Russian rapper, singer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur. Biography Early life Timur Ildarovich Yunusov ( ...

– rapper, pop singer (Volga Tatar father) *

Alsou Alsou Ralifovna Abramova ( rus, Алсу́ Рали́фовна Абра́мова; tt-Cyrl, Алсу Рәлиф кызы Абрамова; ; born 27 June 1983), better known as just Alsou, is a Russian singer and actress. She represented Russi ...

– pop singer (Volga Tatar mother) *

Sofia Gubaidulina Sofia Asgatovna Gubaidulina (russian: Софи́я Асгáтовна Губaйду́лина, link=no , tt-Cyrl, София Әсгать кызы Гобәйдуллина; born 24 October 1931) is a Soviet-Russian composer and an established ...

– composer (Volga Tatar father) *

Jamala Susana Alimivna Jamaladinova, ; rus, Суса́на Али́мовна Джамалади́нова, Susána Alímovna Dzhamaladínova, sʊˈsanə ɐˈlʲiməvnə dʐəməlɐˈdʲinəvə, links=yes. (born 27 August 1983), known professionally ...

– singer, composer, winner of the

Eurovision Song Contest 2016 The Eurovision Song Contest 2016 was the 61st edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Stockholm, Sweden, following the country's victory at the with the song "Heroes" by Måns Zelmerlöw. Organised by the European Broadcasting ...

(Crimean Tatar father) * Räşit Wahapov – singer *

Zulya Kamalova Zulya Nazipovna Kamalova (russian: link=no, Зуля (Зульфия) Назиповна Камалова; tt-Cyrl, Зөлфия Нәсип кызы Камалова; born in Sarapul, Udmurt ASSR) is an Australian singer. She currently resides ...

Noble families

Birkin family Birkin is a village and civil parish in the south-west of the Selby district of North Yorkshire, England. It is north of the River Aire, near Beal, North Yorkshire. The closest town is Knottingley, in West Yorkshire, to the south-west. The ...

Cantemirești The House of Cantemirești or House of Cantemir was a Moldavian ruling boyar family. History The family was of Tatar origin, and came from Crimea in the 17th century. In the 17th and 18th centuries it brought forth several Voivodes of Moldavia ...

* Chelishchev family *

House of Izmaylov The House of Izmaylov is a prominent family of Russian high nobility, descended from the boyars of the Grand Duchy of Ryazan. The Izmaylov family was one of the most powerful in the Duchy of Ryazan. The family was listed in the parts 6 ('ancient ...

Kochubey family Kochubey was a Crimean Tatar family of the Cossack Hetmanate and later the Russian Empire. Over the years many representatives of the family held high government positions. Notable family members * Vasyl Kochubey (1640 - 1708), Chancellor of Za ...

House of Siberia The House of Sibirsky (Russian language, Russian: Сибирский, Сибирские) was the foremost of many Genghis Khan, Genghisid (Shaybanid) families formerly living in Russia. It traced its descent from Kuchum, the last of the Siberia Kh ...

Meshchersky Meshchersky (Russian: Мещерский) is a princely family whose title was recognized by the Russian Empire. Origin The family descends from the medieval independent rulers of the Meshchera tribe.Ruvigny, Marquis of (1914) ''The Titled Nobi ...

Naryshkin family The House of Naryshkin (russian: Нарышкины) is a noble Moscow boyar family of Crimean Tatar descent, going back to a certain Mordko Kurbat Naryshko, a Crimean Tatar, who moved to Moscow in the 15th century.Sergei O. Prokofieff, ''The Spi ...

Sheremetev The House of Sheremetev (russian: Шереме́тевы) was one of the wealthiest and most influential noble families in Russia descending from Feodor Koshka who was of Old Prussian origin. History The family held many high commanding rank ...

* Somov *

Urusov Urusov/Ouroussoff (russian: Урусов) and Urusova/Ouroussoff (russian: Урусова; feminine) is a Russian princely family of Nogai origins (from turkic ''urus'', "russian") Famous members * Andrey Urusov (also known as Kasim-Murza, 1 ...

* Verderevsky *

Yaushev family Yaushev (russian: link=no, Яушевы, tt-Cyrl, Яушевлар, translit=Yawşevlar) are a Volga Tatars, Volga Tatar noble family. Early history The family is a branch of the Ar begs aristocratic clan and descents from Yaush (russian: link= ...

* Yenikeyev *

House of Yusupov The House of Yusupov (russian: Юсу́повы, r=Yusupovy) is a Russian princely family descended from the monarchs of the Nogai Horde, renowned for their immense wealth, philanthropy and art collections in the 18th and 19th centuries. Most not ...

* Карамзины * татариновы * ушаковы * Лихарев * Семеновы * сабуров * Годуновы

Leaders

Simeon Bekbulatovich Simeon Bekbulatovich (russian: Симеон Бекбулатович; born Sain-Bulat, russian: Саин-Булат; died 5 January 1616) was a Russian statesman of Tatar origin, descendant of Genghis Khan, who briefly served as a figurehead rule ...

Sayed Borhan Sayed Borhan Khan (1624 – c. 1680) was a Khan (title), khan of Qasim Khanate from 1627 to 1679. He was a son of Arslanghali and Fatima Soltan. After the death of his father he was crowned as a khan of Qasim. Sayed Borhan's regents were Fatim ...

Elena Glinskaya Elena Vasilyevna Glinskaya (russian: Елена Васильевна Глинская; 1510 – 4 April 1538) was the Grand Princess consort of Russia, as the second wife of Grand Prince Vasili III and de facto regent of Russia for 5 consecutiv ...

(Lipka Tatar father) *

Boris Godunov Borís Fyodorovich Godunóv (; russian: Борис Фёдорович Годунов; 1552 ) ruled the Tsardom of Russia as ''de facto'' regent from c. 1585 to 1598 and then as the first non-Rurikid tsar from 1598 to 1605. After the end of his ...

Dmitry Petrovich Maksutov Prince Dmitry Petrovich Maksutov (russian: Дми́трий Петро́вич Максу́тов, May 10, 1832 – March 21, 1889) was an Imperial Russian Navy rear-admiral who was the last Governor of Russian America (1863–1 ...

– Tatar noble family Maksutov *

Yadegar Mokhammad of Kazan Yadegar Mokhammad ( tt-Latn, Yädegär Möxämmäd, Yädkär, Yädegär, ) (died 1565) was the last khan of the Kazan Khanate, occupying the position from March–October 1552. He was the son of Astrakhan khan Qasim II. Between 1542 and 1550 he ...

Utameshgaray of Kazan Ütämeşgäräy (pronounced , also spelled Utamish, Ütämeş, Ötemiş Giray, Utyamysh; frequently anglicized as Ötemish Giray via Crimean Tatar) (1546–1566) was a Khan of the Kazan Khanate from 1549-1551. He was the son of Safagäräy ...

Natalya Naryshkina Natalya Kirillovna Naryshkina (russian: Ната́лья Кири́лловна Нары́шкина; 1 September 1651 – 4 February 1694) was the Tsaritsa of Russia from 1671–1676 as the second spouse of Tsar Alexis I of Russia, and reg ...

Military personnel

* Raushan Abdullin, reconnaissance engineer, participated in the

Russo–Georgian War The 2008 Russo-Georgian WarThe war is known by a variety of other names, including Five-Day War, August War and Russian invasion of Georgia. was a war between Georgia, on one side, and Russia and the Russian-backed self-proclaimed republics of Sou ...

, was posthumously awarded the

Hero of the Russian Federation Hero of the Russian Federation (russian: Герой Российской Федерации, Geroy Rossiyskoy Federatsii), also unofficially Hero of Russia (russian: link=no, Герой России, Geroy Rossii), is the highest honorary title ...

for bravery *

Asaf Abdrakhmanov Asaf Kutdusovich Abdrakhmanov (russian: Аса́ф Кутду́сович Абдрахма́нов tt-Cyrl, Асаф Котдус улы Габдерахманов ; 20 December 1918 — 3 September 2000) was a Soviet naval officer awarded t ...

, naval officer, participated in the

Great Patriotic War The Eastern Front of World War II was a theatre of conflict between the European Axis powers against the Soviet Union (USSR), Poland and other Allies, which encompassed Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Northeast Europe (Baltics), and Sout ...

, was awarded the

Hero of the Soviet Union The title Hero of the Soviet Union (russian: Герой Советского Союза, translit=Geroy Sovietskogo Soyuza) was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded together with the Order of Lenin personally or collectively for ...

for bravery * Iskander Dautov, machine-gunner, fought in the

, was posthumously awarded the

for bravery * Makhmut Gareyev, author, military strategist and theoretician, participated in the

and the

Afghan War War in Afghanistan, Afghan war, or Afghan civil war may refer to: *Conquest of Afghanistan by Alexander the Great (330 BC – 327 BC) *Muslim conquests of Afghanistan (637–709) *Conquest of Afghanistan by the Mongol Empire (13th century), see als ...

, served as advisor to the Presidents of

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...

and

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...

, served as the President of the Academy of Military Science * Shakir Geniatullin, major general in the

Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and, after ...

, fought in the

Russian Civil War , date = October Revolution, 7 November 1917 – Yakut revolt, 16 June 1923{{Efn, The main phase ended on 25 October 1922. Revolt against the Bolsheviks continued Basmachi movement, in Central Asia and Tungus Republic, the Far East th ...

and the

, received numerous military awards * Tamerlan Ishmukhamedov, military pilot, participated in the

, was awarded the

for heroism * Anvar Kaliyev, reconnaissance officer, participated in the

, was awarded the

for bravery * Khamit Niyeatbakov, medical instructor, participated in the

, was awarded the

for bravery, killed in battle * Khabibulla Yakin – telephone operator and soldier, participated in the

, was awarded the

Order of Glory Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood * Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein the elements have the potential to be ranked a number of d ...

for bravery * Pyotr Gavrilov – Soviet officer, a

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

-era

Hero of Soviet Union The title Hero of the Soviet Union (russian: Герой Советского Союза, translit=Geroy Sovietskogo Soyuza) was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded together with the Order of Lenin personally or collectively for ...

Dmitry Karbyshev Dmitry Mikhaylovich Karbyshev (russian: Дмитрий Михайлович Карбышев; , Omsk — 18 February 1945, Mauthausen, Austria) was an officer of the Russian Imperial Army, a Red Army general, professor of the Soviet General St ...

Poets

* Anna Achmatova – poet (Tatar grandmother) *

Bella Akhmadulina Izabella Akhatovna Akhmadulina ( rus, Бе́лла (Изабе́лла) Аха́товна Ахмаду́лина, tt-Cyrl, Белла Әхәт кызы Әхмәдуллина; 10 April 1937 – 29 November 2010) was a Soviet Union, Soviet and ...

– poet (Volga Tatar father) *

Gavrila Derzhavin Gavriil (Gavrila) Romanovich Derzhavin ( rus, Гаврии́л (Гаври́ла) Рома́нович Держа́вин, p=ɡɐˈvrilə rɐˈmanəvʲɪtɕ dʲɪrˈʐavʲɪn, a=Gavrila Romanovich Dyerzhavin.ru.vorb.oga; 14 July 1743 – 20 ...

– poet (distant Tatar ancestry) * Musa Jalil – poet, prisoner of war during

* Ghabdulla Tuqay – prominent

Volga Tatar The Volga Tatars or simply Tatars ( tt-Cyrl, татарлар, tatarlar) are a Turkic ethnic group native to the Volga-Ural region of Russia. They are subdivided into various subgroups. Volga Tatars are Russia's second-largest ethnicity after t ...

poet *

Yevgeny Yevtushenko Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko ( rus, links=no, 1=Евге́ний Алекса́ндрович Евтуше́нко; 18 July 1933 – 1 April 2017) was a Soviet and Russian poet. He was also a novelist, essayist, dramatist, screenwriter, ...

– poet (partially Tatar origin)

Politicians and public figures

* Nafigulla Ashirov – mufti, president of the spiritual association of Muslims of the Asiatic part of Russia * Aydar Akhatov *

Edkham Akbulatov Edkham Shukriyevich Akbulatov (; tt-Cyrl, Әдһәм Шөкри улы Акбулатов; born 18 June 1960) is a Russian politician who had been the Mayor of Krasnoyarsk from 2012 to 2017. He is of Volga Tatars, Volga Tatar origin and is a Su ...

Mikhail Tugan-Baranovsky Mikhail Tugan-Baranovsky (russian: Михаил Иванович Туган-Барановский, uk, Михайло Іванович Туган-Барановський, romanized: ''Mykhailo Ivanovych Tuhan-Baranovskyi'') was a Ukrainian eco ...

Aleksander Sulkiewicz Iskander Mirza Huzman Beg Sulkiewicz (8 December 1867 – 18 September 1916), known as Aleksander Sulkiewicz, was a Polish people, Polish politician of Lipka Tatars, Lipka Tatar ethnicity who campaigned for Polish independence and co-founded the Po ...

– co-founder of the Polish Socialist Party * Rashid Nurgaliyev – former

`s Minister of Internal Affairs * Elvira Nabiullina – former Russia's Minister of Economic Development and Trade * Mintimer Shaimiev – Tatarstan's first president * Ravil Geniatullin – governor of the Chita Oblast, Chita region (oblast) in

(Tatar father) * Ravil Gainutdin – Grand Mufti of Russia * Felix Yusupov – Russian nobleman, Rasputin's killer (Tatar ancestry) * Janette Sadik-Khan – former Commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation (under Mayor Michael Bloomberg) * Aman Tuleyev – governor of Kemerovo oblast (half-Volga Tatar mother) * Mirsaid Sultan-Galiev – Volga Tatar Bolshevik * Marat Khusnullin – Deputy Mayor of Moscow * Mullanur Waxitov – Revolutionary active in the Russian Revolution

Scientists and mathematicians

* Gabdulkhay Akhatov – linguist, professor * Reşid Rahmeti Arat – professor * Rifkat Bogdanov – mathematician * Roald Sagdeev – nuclear physicist, former science advisor to President Gorbachev, former Director of the Russian Space Research Institute in Moscow (1973–1988) * Edl Schamiloglu – electrical engineer and physicist * Rashid Syunaev – astrophysicist * Haroun Tazieff – vulcanologist and geologist (Volga Tatar father) * Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (Volga Tatar ancestry) * Vil Mirzayanov – chemistry scientist, known to be chased by Russia's Federal Security Service and then emigrated to USA

Sports and games persons

Chess Grandmasters

* Alisa Galliamova * Gata Kamsky * Rashid Nezhmetdinov * * Ildar Ibragimov * Evgeny Bareev * Timur Gareev * Alisa Galliamova (Volga Tatar mother)

Football (Association)

* Marat Kabaev * Elmir Nabiullin * Yuri Utkulbayev * Marat Garayev * Rinat Bilyaletdinov * Diniyar Bilyaletdinov * Rinat Dasayev * Rustyam Fakhrutdinov * Ilshat Faizulin * Viktor Fayzulin * Vagiz Galiullin * Marat Izmailov * Rustem Kalimullin * Ruslan Mingazow * Galimzyan Khusainov * Vagiz Khidiatullin * Ravil Netfullin * Ruslan Nigmatullin * Marat Anvaryevich Safin * Vladislav Shayakhmetov (Tatar father) * Renat Yanbayev (Volga Tatar father) * Artur Rimovich Yusupov * Rifat Zhemaletdinov * Danil Akhatov * Kamil Mullin * Daler Kuzyayev * Ravil Sabitov * Arminas Narbekovas (Volga Tatar father)

Tennis

* Timur Khabibulin * Rauza Islanova * Marat Safin * Dinara Safina * Shamil Tarpishchev * Kamilla Rakhimova * Veronika Kudermetova (Volga Tatar father)

Boxing

* Ruslan Chagaev * Danis Latypov * Zakir Safiullin * Oleg Saitov (Volga Tatar father) * Nikolai Valuev (Tatar grandfather)

Gymnastics

* Galima Shugurova * Venera Zaripova * Amina Zaripova * Dinara Gimatova * Aliya Garayeva * Aliya Yusupova * Laysan Utiasheva (Volga Tatar ancestry) * Alina Kabayeva (Volga Tatar father) * Nellie Kim (Volga Tatar mother) * Yanina Batyrchina (Volga Tatar father) * Aliya Mustafina (Volga Tatar father)

Ice Hockey

* Denis Abdullin * Rafael Akhmetov * Rafael Batyrshin * Ruslan Batyrshin * Eduard Kudermetov * Rushan Rafikov * Ilshat Bilalov * Zinetula Bilyaletdinov * Valeri Bragin * Ansel Galimov * Emil Galimov * Eduard Gimatov * Irek Gimayev * Ravil Gusmanov *Räshid Hakimsan (Finnish Tatar) * Rinat Ibragimov (ice hockey), Rinat Ibragimov * Marat Kalimulin * Nikolai Khabibulin * Dinar Khafizullin * Renat Mamashev * Evgeny Muratov *Lotfi Nasib (Finnish Tatar) * Grigory Shafigulin * Vadim Sharifijanov * Nail Yakupov * Albert Yarullin * Danis Zaripov * Ruslan Zainullin * Rinat Valiev * Artyom Gareyev

Other

* Timur Safin – foil fencer * Gulnaz Gubaydullina – modern pentathlete * Artur Akhmatkhuzin – foil fencer * Anvar Ibragimov – foil fencer * Kamil Ibragimov – foil fencer (Volga Tatar father) * Adelina Zagidullina – foil fencer * Yuliya Garayeva – fencer * Ilfat Abdullin – archer * Danil Khalimov – Greco-Roman wrestler * Dina Aspandiyarova – sports shooter * Ildar Akhmadiev – sprinter * Ruslan Kurbanov (fencer), Ruslan Kurbanov – épée fencer * Alise Fakhrutdinova – modern pentathlete * Rishat Khaibullin – climber * Malika Khakimova – épée fencer * Zilia Batyrshina – sports shooter * Veronika Vakhitova – water polo player * Ilmir Hazetdinov – ski jumper * Ildar Fatchullin – ski jumper * Denis Galimzyanov – racing cyclist * Radion Gataullin – pole vaulter * Ildar Hafizov – wrestler * Aigul Gareeva – racing cyclist * Ilnur Zakarin – racing cyclist * Gulnaz Khatuntseva – racing cyclist * Elvira Khasanova – racewalking athlete * Irek Rizaev – BMX rider * Elvina Karimova – water polo player * Yulia Karimova – sport shooter * Vadim Mukhametyanov – sports shooter * Alsu Minazova – slalom canoeist * Halina Konopacka – athlete (Lipka Tatar mother) * Svetlana Ishmouratova – biathlete * Batu Khasikov – former professional kickboxer and politician, (Tatar mother) * Mikhail Koklyaev – strongman, (Volga Tatar mother) * Rinat Mardanshin * Zemfira Meftahatdinova * Viktor Minibaev – Olympic diver * Farhat Mustafin – wrestler * Rozaliya Nasretdinova – swimmer (Volga Tatar father) * Ruslan Nurudinov – weightlifter * Aydar Nuriev – racing driver * Ilgizar Safiullin – athlete * Gulnara Samitova – distance runner * Imil Sharafetdinov – wrestler * Emil Sayfutdinov (Volga Tatar father) * Irina Shayk – model, (Volga Tatar paternal grandmother) * Sariya Zakyrova – rower * Alina Zagitova – figure skater, 2018 Olympic champion * Kamila Valieva – figure skater, 2019 Junior Grand Prix champion, 2020 Russian junior champion * Aleksandr Galliamov – figure skater * Karina Safina – figure skater * Rustam Valiullin – biathlete * Irek Zinnurov – water polo player

Theologians

* Ravil Gainutdin * Musa Bigiev – one of the prominent representatives of the Jadid movement * Sergei Bulgakov (distant Tatar ancestry) * Gabdennasir Kursawi – Islamic reformist, innovator (Jadidist) * Talgat Tadzhuddin * Said Ismagilov

Writers

* Saadet Çağatay – writer and professor * Cengiz Dağcı – writer, novelist and poet * Näqi İsänbät – writer * Ayaz İshaki – emigree writer, prominent member of the Turkish elite during the first half of the 20th century, one of the founders of Pan-Turkism * Sadri Maksudi Arsal – writer, scholar, and theorist of Turkish nationalism, Turkish nationalist thought * Yusuf Akçura – writer, publicist, and theorist of Turkish nationalism, Turkish nationalist thought * Ğädel Qutuy – writer * Abdulla Aliş – writer * Hadi Taqtaş – writer * Fatix Ämirxan – writer * Näqi İsänbät – writer * Ğäliäsğar Kamal – writer and playwright * Tufan Miñnullin – writer and playwright * Chingiz Aitmatov (Volga Tatar mother)

Journalists

*Rina Zaripova

References

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Artists

Businessmen

Dancers

Media

Models

Musicians

Noble families

Leaders

Military personnel

Poets

Politicians and public figures

Scientists and mathematicians

Sports and games persons

Chess Grandmasters

Football (Association)

Tennis

Boxing

Gymnastics

Ice Hockey

Other

Theologians

Writers

Journalists

See also

References