Politics

Tatar Diaspora
outside the Republic of Tatarstan

It happened so historically that Tatars can be found in different regions of the former Soviet Union and in many countries of the world. According to the All-Union census data 6,648,760 Tatars live on the territory of the former Soviet Union, among them 1,765,404 million Tatars live on the territory of the Republic of Tatarstan; Tatars are the second biggest ethnic group in the Russian Federation.

Table I. Tatars in Russia
Region Number of
Tatars
Total in Russia 5,552,100
the city of Moscow 157,400
the city of St.Petersburg 44,000
Republics:
Bashkortostan 1,120,700
Buryatia 10,500
Chechenia 5,100
Chuvashia 35,700
Daghestan 5,500
Kabardino-Balkaria 2,000
Kalmykia 1,300
Karelia 2,300
Komi 26,000
Mari 26,000
Mordovia 47,300
North-Ossetia 2,000
Tatarstan 1,765,400
Tuva 1,100
Udmurtia 110,500
Sakha 17,500
Regions:
Adygeysky 2,700
Altaysky 400
Karachaevo-Cherkesky 2,500
Komi-Permyksky 1,500
Koryksky 500
Nenetsky 500
Taimyrsky 800
Buruat 4,400
Hanty-Mansisky 97,700

Table II. Tatars in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)

Country Number of
Tatars
Azerbaijan 28,000
Armenia 500
Byelorussia 12,600
Estonia 4,100
Georgia 4,100
Kazakhstan 328,000
Kyrgizstan 70,100
Latvia 4,800
Lithuania 5,100
Moldova 3,500
Tadjikistan 72,200
Turkmenistan 39,200
Ukraine 86,900
Uzbekistan 467,900

Table III. Tatars outside CIS
Country Number of
Tatars
Australia 500
Boulgaria 5,000
China 5,000
Finland 950
Japan 100
Poland 5,500
Romania 23,000
Sweden 80
Turkey 20,000
USA 1,000

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