If you find the Art of Kaiyly Kün (Tatar Leather Mosaic) and made with this technology shchiteqler captivating, here are more resources about Tatar culture, art, identity, history, language.

Limited written documentation about Kaiyly Kün is available in Tatar and Russian languages. This website (UniqueLeatherMosaic.com) summarises, researches and disseminates the knowledge about unique leather art of the Tatars in English language. 

Visual online introductions of Kaiyly Kün:

• Искәндәр Гыйләҗевның каюлы күн кәсәпчелек турында кыскача гомүми күзәтү
• Айгөл Салах мастер-классы Казан жөю ясау турында
• Virtual display of shchiteqler  (Tatar boots) in worldwide museum collections
• Электронная книга об узорной коже татар неизвестного автора на Calameo

Books about Kaiyly Kün

• “Казанская узорная кожа” Л. Саттарова, 2004 & 2023 (“The Patterned Leather of Kazan” by L. Sattarova); “Сәхтиян читек, саурый үкчә” Лилия Сатарова , 2013 (“Sahtiyan Shchiteq, Saur Heel” by Liliya Sattarova) – translation into Tatar by Flora Tarkhanova;
• “Кожаная мозаика. Театр-живопись Наили Кумысниковой”, 2013 (Leather Mosaic. Art of Nailya Kumysnikova”);
• “TatDeco:From Ancient Technologies to Modern Design” by G. Valeeva-Suleimanova, 2012;
• “Средневековое искусство Булгаро-Татар” Дина Валеева, 2023 (“Art of Bulgar-Tatars in Middle Ages” by Dina Valeeva).