Resources

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Further are some resources that may help navigate and envision the Tatar culture, identity, history, language, art.

Kazan/Tatar Leather Mosaic

Scroll through museums that display Tatar Boots in their collections
Book: “Казанская узорная кожа” Л. Саттарова, 2004 (“Kazan Leather mosaic” by L. Sattarova in Russian)
Rozalina Shakhieva on importance of preserving of leather mosaic technique (in Tatar)
short video (in Russian) about company “Sahtian” (in Russian)-the only modern scaled production of Tatar boots

Tatar Design & Patterns

Find some ideas in the the following files that can give you a starting point in creating your own designs using classic Tatar ornaments: Tatar Ethnic Ornaments (from Valeev’s book), Motifs for leather mosaic, Modern Tatar Costumes
Book: “Татарский народный орнамент” Ф. Валеев (“Tatar ethnic ornament” by F. Valeev in Russian)
Mardesign – pioneer design firm with passion and strength in Tatar-inspired patterns
Renat Safarov about the need to promote Tatar design (in Russian)
Book: “Islamic design” T. Large & A. Weller, 2004 (in English)
Book: “Гомер агачы”, Н. Сергеева, 2008 (“Tree of life” by N. Sergeeva in Tatar)
Exquisite 2300 year old intricately-decorated boot of Scythian lady found in Pazyryk burials

Tatarstan Republic

Invest in Tatarstan:CNBC Case Study (2012)
Modern Tatarstan
Beautiful natural landscapes in Tatarstan, Central Asia, Bashkortostan, etc.

Tatar History, Identity, Language

Book: “The Volga Tatars: A profile in National Resilience”by A.Rorlich, 1986
Video on Origins of Tatars (in English)
Video on Brief History of Tatars (in English)
Collection of softwares, applications, programs localized for Tatar language – TatSoft.Tatar ( in Tatar&Russian)
English-Tatar online dictionary: GoogleTranslate, Russian-Tatar dictionary: Translate.Tatar
Sounds of Tatar through Soviet cartoons
Fun linguistic experience on comprehension of Tatar sentences by Turkish speakers (authored by Bulat Shaymi)

Tatar music

Iconic Tatar singer Ilham Shakirov sings song “Chulpan” (“Morning Star”)
Fun folk song “Almagaschlarim” (My Lovely Apple Trees) and dance by ZuLayLa
Lesson on how to dance Tatar Folk dance
Elsa Zayari and Artur Islamov concert with numerous beautiful Tatar songs
Folk song “Su Buylap”(Along the Waters) with slides of traditional Tatar outfits
Tatar classical music by DuoMong (resides in the Netherlands)
Works by Tatar young composer, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist Adeliia Faizullina (resides in USA)
Beautiful Soviet-era Tatar song “Min sine shundyi sagyndym” (“I missed you so much”) in modern interpretation of young singers Saida and Ilnar with views of Kazan city

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Exceptional Tatar Art from Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia

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