Resources

If you find the art of Tatar Leather Mosaic captivating and want to learn more about Tatar culture, art, identity, history, language, here are some resources for you.

Tatar Leather Mosaic

Scroll through museums that display Tatar Boots in their collections
Book: “Казанская узорная кожа” Л. Саттарова, 2004 (“Kazan Ornamented Leather” by Liliya Sattarova in Russian);“Сәхтиян читек, саурый үкчә” Лилия Сатарова, 2013 (“Softest Leather Boot, Tougher Leather Heel” by Liliya Sattarova in Tatar)

Book: “Кожаная мозаика.Театр-живопись Наили Кумысниковой”, 2013 (Leather Mosaic. Art of Nailya Kumysnikova” in Russian)
Book: “TatDeco:From Ancient Technologies to Modern Design” by G. Valeeva-Suleimanova, 2012
Rozalina Shakhieva on importance of preserving leather mosaic technique (in Tatar)

Tatar Ethnic Ornamental 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 Farid Valeev)
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)

Tatar Language Free Resources

Tatar Alphabet
Tatar Phonetics and Pronunciation (with English pronunciation parallels)
500 Tatar words: online, for iPhone
Online dictionary: English-Tatar: GoogleTranslate, Russian-Tatar: Ganiev.org, Translate.Tatar
Engaging Tatar Language Learning materials: AnaTele, Azatliq.org, Language Heroes ,Tatar with Petrov
Tatar Manual: Descriptive Grammar and Text by Nicholas Poppe, 1963
Tatar Grammar: Contemporary Tatar Literary Language by Gustav Burbiel, 2018
Corpus of Written Tatar (Corpus’ User’s Manual)
Collection of softwares, applications localized for Tatar language – TatSoft.Tatar
Fun linguistic experiment on comprehension of Tatar sentences by Turkish speakers
Animated children’s stories and cartoons: Bala.ru
Talks on various topics: Elbette.ru
Electronic books: Baigysh.tatar, WikiBooks,
Audiobooks: Azatliq.org, Tatkniga, Tatar Virtual School
Internet radio with Tatar classic, folk music and literature citing: Tatarstan Avazy
Internet radio with Tatar modern pop and folk music: Tartip FM
Online radio of alternative Tatar music: UrbanTatar

Tatarstan Republic

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

Tatar History and Identity

Book: “The Volga Tatars: A profile in National Resilience”by A.Rorlich, 1986
Video on Origins of Tatars by Mardzhani Institute (in English)
Video on Brief History of Tatars by Mardzhani Institute (in English)

Tatar Music

Iconic Tatar singer Ilham Shakirov sings song “Chulpan” (“Morning Star”)
Beautiful songs by Saida Mukhametzyanova in the capturing Tatar settings
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 Idel river”)
Tatar classical music by DuoMong (from the Netherlands)
Works by Tatar composer, multi-instrumentalist Adeliia Faizullina (from 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
Tatar Folk Songs Interpretations by cellist Elena Korableva
3 Tatar Folk Songs by 3 Tatar talented women (Saida, Elmira and Dina)
Wonderful compilation of modern Tatar crafts and Tatar folk songs by TatarHanim

Unique Leather Mosaic

Exceptional Tatar Art from Kazan, Tatarstan

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