Tatars in Azerbaijan are

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citizens and people of Tatar origin. According to the 2009 census, 25,882 Tatars live in the Republic of Azerbaijan. This is 0.29% of the total population.

Community

Tatars are mainly assembled in major cities of Azerbaijan:

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, Sumqayit,

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, Khachmaz, Guba, Gabala, etc. More than 90% of the Tatar community lives in Baku. 25,171 Tatars live here. They are the third largest

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in Baku after

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and Russians. Location of Tatars living in Azerbaijan by regions:

Religion and language

Tatars are mainly Muslims. They believe in Hanafi madhhab of

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Fellowship

Tatar communities in the Republic of Azerbaijan: *«Tugan Tel» Society of Tatars in the Republic of Azerbaijan (Baku) *«Yaşlek» Society of Tatars in the Republic of Azerbaijan (Baku)

Celebrities

*Tajuddin Mustafin - the first mufti of Caucasian Muslims and Azerbaijan (1832-1840). *

Maciej Sulkiewicz Maciej (Suleyman bey) Sulkiewicz ( be, Мацей Аляксандравіч Сулькевіч, translit=Maciej Aliaksandravič Sulkievič, az, Süleyman bəy Sulkeviç, russian: Матвей (Магомет) Сулькевич, translit=Matvey ...

- Head of the General Staff of the Army of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic. * Eldar Gasimov - Azerbaijani singer and musician. Her great-grandmother is Marziya Davudova, who used to play on the stage of the Astrakhan Tatar Drama Theater. *

Marziyya Davudova Marziyya Yusuf qizi Davudova, also spelled Marziya Davudova, ( az, Mərziyyə Davudova; ; 8 December 1901 – 6 January 1962) was a Russian-born Soviet Azerbaijan actress who starred in theatre and silent film. She was awarded the People's Artist ...

- Azerbaijani and Soviet theatre and film actress, People's Artist of the USSR and Azerbaijan. *

Firangiz Sharifova Firangiz Abbasmirza gizi Sharifova ( az, Firəngiz Abbasmirzə qızı Şərifova; 6 February 1924, Baku – 20 February 2014, Baku) was an Azerbaijani theater and film actress, singer, People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (1969). She is best kno ...

- People's Artist of the Republic of Azerbaijan *

Aliya Garayeva Aliya Nurgayanovna (Nikolayevna) Garaeva (Garayeva) ( tt-Cyrl, Алия Нургаян кызы Гәрәева; russian: Алия Нургаяновна Гараева), born 1 January 1988 in Yekaterinburg, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a reti ...

- Azerbaijani

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Zemfira Meftahatdinova Zemfira Aliyevna Meftahatdinova ( tt-Cyrl, Зимфирә Гали кызы Мифтахетдинова, translit=Zimfirä Ğäli qızı Miftaxetdineva, az, Zemfira Əli qızı Meftahətdinova, born 28 May 1963) is a retired Azerbaijani sport ...

- The first Olympic champion of independent Azerbaijan (shooting). *

Dinara Gimatova Dinara Nailevna Gimatova ( tt-Cyrl, Динара Наил кызы Гиматова, russian: Динара Наильевна Гиматова; born 18 November 1986 in Astrakhan, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is an Azerbaijani gymnast of Volga Tat ...

- Azerbaijani

*Ramis Alimov - Martyr of January 20, "Fighter for Freedom" (1992) and "Martyr of January 20" (1998) honorary titles''"Azərbaycan Respublikasının "Azadlıq uğrunda mübariz" fəxri adının verilməsi haqqında"'' Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin 21 yanvar 1992-ci il tarixli, 556 nömrəli Fərmanı
*Fargat Tukhtamishev - Martyr of January 20, "Fighter for Freedom" (1992) and "Martyr of January 20" (1998) honorary titles *

Khadija Gayibova Khadija Osman bey qizi Gayibova ( az, Xədicə Qayıbova) (24 May 1893 – 27 October 1938) was an Azerbaijanis, Azerbaijani pianist. From Georgia (country), Georgia in the then USSR, Gayibova died in Joseph Stalin, Stalin's Great Purge of the 193 ...

- One of the first female pianists of Azerbaijan.Görkəmli musiqi xadimləri – Xədicə Qayıbova
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Hanafi Teregulov Hanafi Teregulov or Muhammed Hanafi Teregulov (b. 27 Novomber 1877, Tiflis, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire - d. 18 December 1942, Baku, Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR) was an Azerbaijani (Tatar origin) opera singer, choirmaster, t ...

- Azerbaijani opera singer,

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, theater figure and public figure, one of the founders of the opera choir in Azerbaijan. *Aziz Gubaydullin - professor, writer, historian, victim of repression

References

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