Tatarstan

The Republic o Tatarstan (; ) 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!). Президент Татарстанның милли идеясен - "Булдырабыз!" дип билгеләде  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 "" (Tatariya), whilk wis offeecial alang wi "Tatar ASSR" unner the Soviet rule.

Indwellers o Tatarstan regardless o ethnicity are uisually cried Tatarstaners (, ).

References

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Offeecial wabsteid o the Republic o Tatarstan 
Information agency о Tatarstan 


Category:States an territories established in 1920
Category:Autonomous Turkic states