The Tatars (Mongolic "Татар", Old Turkic tatar; modern Volga Tatar: Татарлар, Tatarlar تاتارلار ; Russian: татары) are a Turkic people living in Asia and Europe. The name "Tatar" first appears in written form on the Kul Tigin monument as 10px10px10px10px10px10px10px10px10px10px Otuz Tatar Bodun ('Thirty Tatar' tribe) CE. 732.