History
All the history in one place — from the rise of the Estonian Tatar community and the story of Estonia to the crimes of the occupations, and on to the deep past and heritage of the Tatar peoples.
History
Timeline
An interactive timeline of the Estonian Tatars' story.
Read →Estonian Tatar history
From Mišär merchants to a community: the road to Tallinn, community life in the Republic of Estonia, family stories and the Finnish Boys.
Read →The Estonian Tatar Finnish Boys
Estonian Tatar volunteers in the Finnish army in the Second World War.
Read →Estonian history
The story of Estonia, into which the fate of the Estonian Tatars is woven — the pre-war republic, the turning point of 1939 and the Second World War.
Read →Interesting Estonia
Unexpected and fascinating stories of Estonia — the traces the world has left in Estonia, and Estonia in the world.
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Crimes of the occupations
Overview
The crimes of Estonia's two occupations in one place.
Read →Soviet occupation
The Soviet occupation's impact on Estonia's minority peoples — the Tatars among them: cultural genocide, russification, deportations and the destruction of minorities' sacred sites and cemeteries.
Read →The Soviet Union in the Second World War
Lend-Lease, the Kremlin letters and the USSR's dependence on Western aid.
Read →Concentration camps in Estonia
The camps of Estonia's two occupations.
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Deeper history
Formation map
A map of the Tatar peoples' formation and migrations.
Read →The Tatars' deeper history
The deep layers of our story — from the Khazars and Volga Bulgaria to the Kipchak Steppe, the Golden Horde and the Qasim Khanate: the world from which the Tatar peoples were born.
Read →Tatar heritage
The Tatars' linguistic and cultural heritage — traces that reach beyond the Estonian Tatars.
Read →Tatar culture
Tatar cultural heritage, customs and mythology — marked for what is general Tatar, what Kazan and what Mišär.
Read →The Tatar world
The wider story of the Tatar peoples and their kindred communities — the Estonian Tatars' relatives near and far.
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