The Finnish Tatars, locally known as Finlandiyä tatarları, are a Tatar ethnic group and minority in Finland whose community has approximately 600–700 members. The community was formed between the late 1800s and the early 1900s, when Mishar Tatar merchants emigrated from the Nizhny Novgorod Governorate of the Russian Empire, and eventually settled in Finland. Tatars have the main building of their congregation in Helsinki. They have also founded cultural associations in different cities. They are the first Islamic community in Finland.
Imam Enver Yıldırım and Finnish Tatars during a prayer service at the Järvenpää Mosque in 1989.
Tatars in Helsinki, year 1920.
Shop of Ymär Abdrahim, 1920s.
Kazan Tatar war prisoner Mahmut Rahim playing violin in Tampere, year 1944. He is accompanied by Fatih Arat (left), Letfulla Baibulat, Aisa Hakimcan and Bilaletdin Kaader.
Tatar is a Turkic language spoken by the Volga Tatars mainly located in modern Tatarstan, as well as Siberia. It should not be confused with Crimean Tatar or Siberian Tatar, which are closely related but belong to different subgroups of the Kipchak languages.
Tatar book written in the Arabic script entitled Ancient Bulgars.
Bilingual guide in Kazan Metro
A subway sign in Tatar (top) and Russian
Some guides in Kazan are in Latin script, especially in fashion boutiques
