Chats (subgroup)

Chat Tatars
Tsattyr
цаттыр

Chat Tatar woman. Illustration from a book published in 1799.
Regions with significant populations
 Russia 1000-2000
Languages
Chat dialect of Siberian Tatar, Russian, Tatar
Religion
Sunni Islam, Shamanism
Related ethnic groups
other Siberian Tatars

The Chats or Chat Tatars are one of the three subgroups of Tom Tatar group of Siberian Tatars. To a significant amount, they have been assimilated by Volga-Ural Tatar newcomers who settled in Siberia.

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