Tartary
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"There is no great event in modern history, or, perhaps it may be said more broadly, none in all history, from its earliest records, less generally known, or more striking to the imagination, than the flight eastwards of a principal Tartar nation across the boundless steppes of Asia in the latter half of the last century." --Revolt of the Tartars (1837) by de Quincey |
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Tartary (Latin: Tartaria) or Great Tartary (Latin: Tartaria Magna) was a name used by Europeans from the Middle Ages until the twentieth century to designate the Great Steppe, that is the great tract of northern and central Asia stretching from the Caspian Sea and the Ural Mountains to the Pacific Ocean inhabited mostly by Turkic, Mongol peoples and also by some Cossacks of Russian origin, citizens of the Mongol Empire who were generically referred to as "Tartars", i.e. Tatars. It incorporated the current areas of Pontic-Caspian steppe, Volga-Urals, Caucasus, Siberia, Turkestan, Mongolia, and Manchuria.
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Tartar may also refer to:
- Ethnic appellation
- An alternative spelling of the name Tatars, an ethnic group in present-day Russia.
- The Tatar language.
- A member of the various tribes and their descendants of Tartary, such as Turks, Mongols and Manchus.
- Tartars, a name applied to the enemy invaders in The Tartar Steppe by Dino Buzzati
- Places
- Tartar Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
- Tartar, Switzerland, a village in the Grisons
- Tartar Rayon, a rayon in Azerbaijan
- Tərtər, capital of Tartar Rayon, Azerbaijan
- Food
- Tartar sauce
- Steak tartare, a meat dish made from ground raw beef
- Chemicals
- Salts of tartaric acid
- Cream of tartar (potassium bitartrate)
- Tartar emetic (antimony potassium tartrate)
- Vehicles and military hardware
- Tartar, a GWR Iron Duke Class steam locomotive
- Tartar was one of the GWR 3031 Class locomotives that were built for and run on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915; renamed Walter Robinson in 1901.
- RIM-24 Tartar missile
- Tartar Guided Missile Fire Control System
- HMS Tartar, the name of several Royal Navy Vessels
- Other
- Tartars, the name of the athletic teams from 1927–1999 at Wayne State University in Detroit.
- Tartar on teeth, hardened dental plaque
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