Tatarstan

The Republic o Tatarstan (Roushie: Респу́блика Татарста́н; Tatar: Татарстан Республикасы) is a federal subject o Roushie (a republic) locatit in the Volga Federal Destrict. Its caipital is the ceety o Kazan, whilk is ane o Roushie's lairgest an maist prosperous ceeties. The republic haes mairches wi Kirov, Ulyanovsk, Samara, an Orenburg Oblasts, an wi the Republics o Mari El, Udmurtie, an Chuvashie, as weel as wi the Republic o Bashkortostan. The unoffeecial Tatarstan motto is: Bez Buldırabız! (We can!).^[13] Population: 4 000 084 (2022 Census).^[7]

Republic of Tatarstan
Republic
Республика Татарстан
Other transcription(s)
• Tatar	Татарстан Республикасы
Banner Coat airms
Anthem: Naitional Anthem o the Republic o Tatarstan[1]
Coordinates: 55°33′N 50°56′E
Kintra	Roushie
Federal destrict	Volga[2]
Economic region	Volga[3]
Established	27 Mey 1920
Caipital	Kazan
Govrenment
• Bodi	State Cooncil[4]
• Preses[4]	Rustam Minnikhanov[5]
Area [6]
• Total	68000 km2 (26,000 sq mi)
Area rank	44t
Population  (2010 Census)[7]
• Total	3,786,488
• Estimate  (2018)[8]	3,894,284 (+2.8%)
• Rank	8t
• Density	56/km2 (140/sq mi)
• Urban	75.4%
• Rural	24.6%
Time zone	UTC+3 (Moscow Time [9])
ISO 3166 code	RU-TA
License plates	16, 116
OKTMO ID	92000000
Offeecial leids	Roushie;[10] Tatar[11][12]
Website	http://tatarstan.ru

Terminology

"Tatarstan" derives frae the name o the Tatar ethnic group an the Proto-Sanskrit suffix -stan (an endin common tae mony Central Asie kintras). Anither version o the Roushie name is "Тата́рия" (Tatariya), whilk wis offeecial alang wi "Tatar ASSR" unner the Soviet rule.

Indwellers o Tatarstan regardless o ethnicity are uisually cried Tatarstaners (Tatar Cyrillic: татарстанлы, Laitin: Tatarstanlı, татарстанцы).