Zabolotnie Tatars Explained

Group:Zabolotnie Tatars
Native Name:Сас татарлар,
Pop1:ca. 1800[1]
Languages:Siberian Tatar, Russian
Religions:Sunni Islam

Zabolotnie Tatars (сас татарлар|translit=sas tatarlar) are a subgroup of the Siberian Tatars. They live in the North-West parts of the Tobolsky District, Tyumen Oblast.

Origins

Their traditional areas of settlement are separated from Tobolsk, the Russian and Siberian Tatar settlements by Irtysh River, by impassable swamps which is the reason for their name in the Russian language (literally, Tatars who live behind the swamps). This separation also helped them to preserve some elements of their traditional culture, which has been lost by other Siberian groups.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Бакиева . Г. Т. . Квашнин . Ю. Н. . ru:К вопросу о тугумах у «заболотных» татар . K voprosu o tugumah u «zabolotnyh» tatar . On the issue of tugums among the “marsh” Tatars . https://web.archive.org/web/20160306014446/http://www.ipdn.ru/rics/doc0/ZQ/labetno/pub/Bakieva_Kvashnin_K_voprosu_o_tugumah.pdf . 2016-03-06 . 28 April 2014 . ru.
  2. Web site: Рассказов. С. В.. ru:Тобольск в шести приближениях . Tobolʹsk v šesti približenijah . Tobolsk in six approximations . 28 April 2014. ru . https://web.archive.org/web/20210121152456/https://geo.1sept.ru/article.php?ID=200104404 . 2021-01-21.