Tatars are a predominately Muslim people who trace their lineage back to Turkic and Mongol tribes. There are millions spread out in eastern Russia and Ukraine.

Operation Tatar Ramshackle charm and a Mongolian "khan"-do attitude make "Operation Tatar" a diverting if bloody contempo comedy crimer.

People hold Crimean Tatar flags at a rally near the parliament building in Simferopol on February 26, 2014. Many Crimean Tatars plan to boycott the referendum on rejoining Russia.

The September 2023 appointment of Rustem Umerov as Ukraine's defense minister was well received at home and abroad. Noted for his youth and corruption-free record, the 41-year-old has been a top ...

But the Tatars, improbably, have revived themselves and are once again political players in Crimea. They are no longer the rulers, but as a politically active minority, they could act as the wild ...

Khodorkovsky: New Tatar-Mongol Yoke Begins In Russia 11 29.03.2023, 10:08 11,052 MIKHAIL KHODORKOVSKY PHOTO: DPA Putin surrendered the country in exchange for an Asian "roof". The resounding visit of ...

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 ...

Tomas Tatar was traded to the Seattle Kraken by the Colorado Avalanche on Friday for a fifth-round pick in the 2024 NHL Draft. The forward, 33, has nine points (one goal, eight assists) in 27 ...

A Seditious and Sinister Tribe: The Crimean Tatars and their Khanate by Donald Rayfield, Reaktion Books £30/$40, 360 pages Simon Sebag Montefiore is the author of ‘The Romanovs’ and ‘Stalin ...

Bolshaya Ordinka street takes its name from Tatar-Mongol rule, hundreds of years before, when emissaries would come to collect tributes from Moscow's princely leaders.