Tatars refer to several related Turkic ethnic group numbering 7.3 million in 21st century, including all Turkic subgroups that are still referred to as Tatars, such as Volga Tatars, Lipka Tatars, Tatars in Lithuania, Crimean Tatars, Mishar Tatars, Dobrujan Tatars, Tatar (Hazara tribe) and Siberian Tatars. Russia is home to the majority of ethnic Tatars, with a population of around 5,500,000. Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Azerbaijan also each have populations greater than 30,000.
Crimean Tatars, who are considered the indigenous people of Ukraine and Crimea, live in Ukraine.
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- , reconnaissance engineer, participated in the RussoâÂÂGeorgian War, was posthumously awarded the Hero of the Russian Federation for bravery
- Asaf Abdrakhmanov, naval officer, participated in the Great Patriotic War, was awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union for bravery
- , machine-gunner, fought in the Great Patriotic War, was posthumously awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union for bravery
- Makhmut Gareyev, author, military strategist and theoretician, participated in the Great Patriotic War and the Afghan War, served as advisor to the Presidents of Egypt and Afghanistan, served as the President of the Academy of Military Science
- Shakir Geniatullin, major general in the Red Army, fought in the Russian Civil War and the Great Patriotic War, received numerous military awards
- , military pilot, participated in the Great Patriotic War, was awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union for heroism
- , reconnaissance officer, participated in the Great Patriotic War, was awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union for bravery
- , medical instructor, participated in the Great Patriotic War, was awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union for bravery, killed in battle
- , telephone operator and soldier, participated in the Great Patriotic War, was awarded the Order of Glory for bravery
- Pyotr Gavrilov, Soviet officer, World War II-era Hero of Soviet Union
- Dmitry Karbyshev, was a Red Army general
- Fatyh Sharipov, was a participant of the Second World War
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- Guzel Yakhina â is a Russian author and screenwriter.
- Mikhail Artsybashev â writer
- Mikhail Bulgakov â writer, novelist
- Pyotr Chaadayev â russian philosopher. He was one of the Russian Schellingians
- Fyodor Dostoevsky â novelist
- Ivan Turgenev â writer, novelist
- Alexander Radishchev â author
- Hryhorii Skovoroda â writer, poet
- Vladimir Volkoff â writer
- Aleksandr I. Kuprin â writer, novelist
- Saadet ÃÂaÃÂatay â writer and professor
- Cengiz DaÃÂcñ â writer, novelist and poet
- Näqi ðsänbät â writer
- Ayaz ðshaki â 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 â writer, scholar, and theorist of Turkish nationalist thought
- Yusuf Akçura â writer, publicist, and theorist of Turkish nationalist thought
- ÃÂädel Qutuy â writer
- Abdulla AliÃ
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- Hadi TaqtaÃ
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Âärif Kamal â writer, novelist and playwright
- Fatix ÃÂmirxan â writer
- Näqi ðsänbät â writer
- ÃÂäliäsÃÂar Kamal â writer and playwright
- Tufan Miñnullin â writer and playwright
- Chingiz Aitmatov (Volga Tatar mother)
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