Eushta Tatars

Eushta

Yaushtalar, яушталар
Regions with significant populations
Russia	300-400
Languages
Tom dialect of Siberian Tatar, Russian
Religion
Sunni Islam, Shamanism
Related ethnic groups
other Siberian Tatars

The Eushta Tatars (Siberian Tatar: яушталар, Russian: Эуштинцы) are one of the three subgroups of Tom Tatar group of Siberian Tatars. Eushta mainly inhabit the lower reaches of the Tom river in Tomsk Oblast. Their historical and cultural centre is the Eushta village. Eushta are especially closely related to Chat Tatars.

Eastern region of the Khanate of Sibir in 1594-1598

History

Eushta are considered to be originally Samoyedic Selkup inhabitants of western Siberia, who were greatly influenced by Turkic peoples and lately Turkicised.^[1] In the beginning there were migrations from Altai. Yenisei Kyrgyz and Tyolyos tribes formed a role in their ethnogenesis. In 9th and 10th centuries Kimeks arrived in the region, from which the Kipchaks derived, who also had impact on Eushta Tatars.

During the 15th and 16th centuries, the Eushta were under the rule of the Sibir Khanate.^[2] When Russians first came into contact with the Eushta, they numbered around 800 people.

Eushta Tatars adopted Islam at the middle of 19th century.

References

1. Eushta Tatars
2. Forsyth, James (1994). A History of the Peoples of Siberia: Russia's North Asian Colony 1581-1990. Cambridge University Press. p. 25. ISBN 978-0-521-47771-0.