History of formation and life activity of the Tatar community in Kazakhstan (by the case Imantau village of the North-Kazakhstan Region)

Abstract

This article discusses the history of the Tatars of the Imantau Village in North-Kazakhstan region and their activities. The number of Tatars in different periods constituted over a quarter of the population of the village. Majority of Imantau Tatars were military Cossacks, which were a part of the Siberian Cossack army. Before the revolution, the Cossacks were actively engaged not only in military service, but also in trade, agriculture, and crafts. The revolutionary events significantly changed the life of the Tatars in the village. Particular attention is paid to the contribution of the ethnic group to the political, economic, demographic, social and cultural development of the region. The sources of this article are archival, statistical, virtual, museum, and memoir materials. A lot of valuable information is contained in the metric books of the Imantau mosque.

Keywords

• history
• tatars
• cossacks
• imantau
• steppe zone
• kazakhstan
• migration
• adaptation
• islam
• mosques
• cultural traditions