tatars

Russia Beyond (Photo: PHAS/Getty Images; Russian State Archive of Ancient Acts)

When was Russia founded?

Maxim Bogovid / Sputnik

What is ‘Sabantuy’ and why is it celebrated all over Russia? (PHOTOS)

Olga Brovkina

Try ‘yantyk’, a delectable Crimean Tatar meat pie (RECIPE)

Yulia Mulino

How to make Tatar Elesh - a juicy pie with chicken and potatoes (RECIPE)

Sergey Bodrov Sr. / «CTB» movies, 2007

Was there a Mongol-Tatar yoke in Russia?

Kirill Kukhmar / TASS

Who are Siberian Tatars?

Olga Brovkina

A tasty Tatar soup with tiny dumplings (RECIPE)

Russia Beyond (Photo: Legion Media; Masha Linnik (CC BY-SA 4.0))

4 Golden Horde princesses who lived and died in Russia

Russia Beyond (Photo: Michael Nicholson/Corbis/Getty Images; Public domain)

Which Eastern customs were adopted at the Russian court?

Legion Media

How to bake a traditional Tatar pie that has a beautiful “lid” (RECIPE)

Sergey Bodrov Sn./STV production, 2007

The Mongol invasion was the reason Russia formed

Russia Beyond (Photo: Legion Media; Sergey Bodrov Sr./«STV» cinema production company, 2007)

Why didn’t Mongol-Tatars convert Russians to Islam?