Chat Tatars

Chat Tatars

цаттыр, чаттыр, cattyr, chattyr
Chat Tatar woman. Illustration from a book published in 1799.
Regions with significant populations
Russia	2100 Tomsk Oblast Novosibirsk Oblast
Languages
Tom dialect of Siberian Tatar, Russian
Related ethnic groups
other Siberian Tatars

The Chat Tatars or Chats (Siberian Tatar: цат татарлар, цаттыр, чат татарлар, чаттыр, cat tatarlar, cattyr, chat tatarlar, chattyr, Russian: чаты) are one of the three subgroups of Tom group of Siberian Tatars. Their traditional areas of settlement are on the rivers Ob, Chik, Uen', and Chaus in Kozhevnikovsky District, Tomsk Oblast, and in Kolyvansky and Moshkovsky districts, Novosibirsk Oblast since the 8th century, later also on the territory of modern Shegarsky, Tomsky, Kochenyovsky, Bolotninsky, Novosibirsky, Toguchinsky, Iskitimsky, Ordynsky districts, and in the cities of Tomsk, Novosibirsk, and Berdsk.

Peoples of Siberia in the 16th century.

Chat Tatars are divided into two sub-groups: Tom Tatars (Tomsk Oblast) and Ob Tatars (Novosibirsk Oblast). To a significant degree they have been assimilated by Russians (Ob Tatars) and by other Siberian Tatars, usually depending on the religion (Christianity vs. Islam).

Eastern region of the Khanate of Sibir in 1594-1598

Chat Tatars, native to Tomsky district of Tomsk oblast speak Eushta-Chat variant of the Tom dialect, while those native to Novosibirsk oblast and close regions of Tomsk Oblast speak Or Chat subdialect.

Further reading

• Forsyth, James (8 September 1994). A History of the Peoples of Siberia: Russia's North Asian Colony. Cambridge University Press. p. 25. ISBN 9780521477710.