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The Crimean Tatars are subdivided into three sub-ethnic groups: *the Tats (not to be confused with Tat people, living in Caucasus region) who used to inhabit the mountainous Crimea before 1944 (about 55%), *the Yalıboyu who lived on the southern coast of the peninsula (about 30%), *the Noğay (not to be confused with Nogai people, living now in Southern Russia) - former inhabitants of the Crimean steppe (about 15%). The Tats and Yalıboyus have a Caucasoid physical appearance, while the Noğays retain some Mongoloid appearance. In modern times, in addition to living in Crimea, Ukraine, there is a large diaspora of Crimean Tatars in Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria, Uzbekistan, Western Europe, Middle East and North America, as well as small communities in Finland, Lithuania, Russia, Belarus and Poland. (See Crimean Tatar diaspora) |
