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Lipka Tatars
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The Lipka Tatars are a Turkic ethnic group and minority in Belarus, Lithuania and Poland who originally settled in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania at the beginning of the 14th century.
Belarusian Tatars
Belarusian Tatars
Tatar dance
Tatar dance
Lithuanian Tatars in the Napoleonic Army.
Lithuanian Tatars in the Napoleonic Army.
Page from the Dastan-ı Miraç (British Library, London), a miscellany of religious works written in a Slavic language using the Arabic script, probably
Page from the Dastan-ı Miraç (British Library, London), a miscellany of religious works written in a Slavic language using the Arabic script, probably copied in the late 18th–early 19th century in western Belarus. Although Lipka Tatars are a Turkic people, they have been using Belarusian, Lithuanian, and Polish as their means of daily communication for centuries. The Slavic translation is written in modified Arabic characters with special letters to indicate sounds that do not exist in Arabic or Turkic.
Golden Horde
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The Golden Horde, or Ulus of Jochi, self-designated as Ulug Ulus, was originally a Mongol and later Turkicized khanate established in the 13th century, originating from the northwestern part of the Mo
Lipka Tatars
…participated in every significant military campaign of Lithuania and Poland. The Lipka Tatar origins can be traced back to the descendant states of the Golden Horde, the Crimean Khanate, and Kazan Khanate. They initially served as a noble military caste but later they became urban-dwellers known for their crafts…
Batu Khan establishes the Golden Horde.
Batu Khan establishes the Golden Horde.
Jochi Mausoleum, Ulytau Region, Kazakhstan
Jochi Mausoleum, Ulytau Region, Kazakhstan
Coinage of Berke, Qrim (Crimea) mint. Struck c. AH 662–665 (AD 1263–1267).
Coinage of Berke, Qrim (Crimea) mint. Struck c. AH 662–665 (AD 1263–1267).
The Golden Horde army defeats the Ilkhanate at the battle of Terek in 1262. Many of Hulagu's men drowned in the Terek River while withdrawing.
The Golden Horde army defeats the Ilkhanate at the battle of Terek in 1262. Many of Hulagu's men drowned in the Terek River while withdrawing.