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| | «THE TATAR GAZETTE» |
 | | The Tatar private name for the Russians is «artkiri» (‘set across’), Mordvins are «chybar iaga» (‘piebald collar’) and «kerkesh» (‘string, twine’), and the Jews are referred to as «shimbeh» (‘Sabbath’). |
 | | The offspring of the old Tatar aristocracy, the heirs of the former Tatar khans, murzas, and tarkhans were converting to Christianity and becoming part of the Russian landed gentry: e.g. |
 | | Many Tatar villages were officially declared Bashkir and as a result the schools there switched to teaching children in their new and officially approved first language. |
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