Siberian Bukharans

The Siberian Bukharans (self-designation: Bukharlyk, Sart) are an ethnographic and sociocultural group in Siberia. Their ancestors came from the Khanate of Bukhara, and they constituted a significant part of the Siberian Tatars. Ethnically they consisted of Uzbeks, Tajiks, Uyghurs and in lesser degree Kazakhs and Karakalpaks. The main languages were Chagatai and Farsi. They were merchants from the Khanate of Bukhara and started to settle in the area in the 17th centuryafter the start of the Russian conquest of Siberia in the 1580s.

Siberian Bukharans

The Siberian Bukharans (self-designation: Bukharlyk, Sart) are an ethnographic and sociocultural group in Siberia. Their ancestors came from the Khanate of Bukhara, and they constituted a significant part of the Siberian Tatars. Ethnically they consisted of Uzbeks, Tajiks, Uyghurs and in lesser degree Kazakhs and Karakalpaks. The main languages were Chagatai and Farsi. They were merchants from the Khanate of Bukhara and started to settle in the area in the 17th centuryafter the start of the Russian conquest of Siberia in the 1580s.