Tatars Tatars ( )Tatar
in the Collins English Dictionary are a group of Turkic peoples across Eas ...

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are Azerbaijani citizens and people of Tatar origin. According to the 2009 census, 25,882

Tatars Tatars ( )Tatar
in the Collins English Dictionary are a group of Turkic peoples across Eas ...

live in the Republic of Azerbaijan. This is 0.29% of the total population.

Community

Tatars are mainly assembled in major cities of Azerbaijan:

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, Khachmaz, Guba, Gabala, etc. More than 90% of the Tatar community lives in Baku. 25,171 Tatars live here. They are the third largest

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in Baku after

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and

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. Location of Tatars living in Azerbaijan by regions:

Religion and language

Tatars are mainly

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. They believe in

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Fellowship

Tatar communities in the Republic of Azerbaijan: *«Tugan Tel» Society of Tatars in the Republic of Azerbaijan (Baku) *«Yaşlek» Society of Tatars in the Republic of Azerbaijan (Baku)

Celebrities

*Tajuddin Mustafin - the first mufti of Caucasian Muslims and Azerbaijan (1832-1840). *

Maciej Sulkiewicz Maciej (Suleyman bey) Sulkiewicz (, , ; 20 June 1865 – 15 July 1920) was an Imperial Russian lieutenant general, Prime Minister of Crimean Regional Government (1918), and Chief of General Staff of Azerbaijani Armed Forces in 1918–20. Born to ...

- Head of the General Staff of the Army of the

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. *

Eldar Gasimov Eldar "Ell" Parviz oglu Gasimov (, ; born 4 June 1989) is an Azerbaijanis, Azerbaijani singer. He Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, represented Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 alongside Nigar Jamal, winning the compe ...

- Azerbaijani singer and musician. Her great-grandmother is Marziya Davudova, who used to play on the stage of the Astrakhan Tatar Drama Theater. * Marziyya Davudova - Azerbaijani and Soviet theatre and film actress, People's Artist of the

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and

. * Firangiz Sharifova - People's Artist of the Republic of Azerbaijan *

Aliya Garayeva Aliya Nurgayanovna (Nikolayevna) Garaeva (Garayeva) (; ), born 1 January 1988 in Yekaterinburg, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a retired Azerbaijani individual rhythmic gymnast. She represented Russia (until 2005), and Azerbaijan (2006-2012). S ...

- Azerbaijani

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* Zemfira Meftahatdinova - The first Olympic champion of independent Azerbaijan (shooting). *

Dinara Gimatova Dinara Nailevna Gimatova (, ; born 18 November 1986 in Astrakhan, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is an Azerbaijani gymnast of Volga Tatar ethnicity. Career Dinara entered to the Olympic Reserve School led by Ludmila Tikhmirova, merited coach of US ...

- Azerbaijani

*Ramis Alimov - Martyr of January 20, "Fighter for Freedom" (1992) and "Martyr of January 20" (1998) honorary titles''"Azərbaycan Respublikasının "Azadlıq uğrunda mübariz" fəxri adının verilməsi haqqında"'' Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin 21 yanvar 1992-ci il tarixli, 556 nömrəli Fərmanı
*Fargat Tukhtamishev - Martyr of January 20, "Fighter for Freedom" (1992) and "Martyr of January 20" (1998) honorary titles * Khadija Gayibova - One of the first female pianists of Azerbaijan.Görkəmli musiqi xadimləri – Xədicə Qayıbova
/ref> *Farid Khayrulin - Azerbaijani photojournalist. *

Hanafi Teregulov Hanafi Teregulov or Muhammed Hanafi Teregulov (19 November 1877, Tiflis, Russian Empire - 18 December 1942, Baku, USSR) was an Azerbaijani (Tatar origin) opera singer, choirmaster, teacher, revolutionary. Life Born on , 1877, in Tiflis in the f ...

- Azerbaijani opera singer,

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, theater figure and public figure, one of the founders of the opera choir in Azerbaijan. *Aziz Gubaydullin -

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, writer,

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, victim of repression

References

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