[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Tatars

[Richard Benert]

I was very surprised when Alice told me about the Tatars in the Baptist 
church, and I asked her if it was really true, and, to the best of my 
memory, she confirmed it.  I, too, am dubious, for all the reasons offered. 
But Alice was speaking of the early Soviet period--the 1920s.  It is 
possible that some group of Tatars fled from somewhere in the Civil War and 
wound up in Volhynia.  And perhaps the government had something to do with 
their using the Baptist church???  There's lots we don't know, eh?  I wish I 
had asked Alice (Deblitz) Baumbach about this.  She remembered just about 
everything.

Your impression that "Tatar" and "Cossack" were terms that got applied to 
Ukrainians in general is interesting, Jerry.  Can you recall any specific 
examples of this?

Dick
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Frank" <FranklySpeaking at shaw.ca>
To: "'Richard Benert'" <benovich at imt.net>; "'SGGEE Mail List'" 
<ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2007 7:34 AM
Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Tatars


> Nelson is correct.  It does seem illogical that a Christian church in that 
> time and place would allow use by Muslims or that in fact Muslims would 
> want to use their church.  I am also not convinced that there would be any 
> significant community of Tatars living in that region.
>
> I get the impression that many of our ancestors referred to the local 
> Ukrainian population as either Cossaks or Tatars.  I'm not sure why that 
> was.  From reading the history of Cossaks and Tatars, there seems to be no 
> evidence for them being in the Volhynian region.  It seems that the term 
> evolved to be applied to any of the local populace - perhaps to the those 
> of lowest social status such as gypsies and bands of thugs that would raid 
> a village from time to time.  These are just some thoughts with little 
> hard evidence to back them up.
>
> Apparently Tatar is the more correct term but Tartar is an accepted 
> alternate.  See http://www.britannica.com/eb/topic-584107/Tatar
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> Jerry Frank - Calgary, Alberta
> FranklySpeaking at shaw.ca
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> At 05:42 PM 28/09/2007, Nelson Itterman wrote:
>>This does not seem possible, Dick. I understand the they were muslims, 
>>which
>>would be in conflict with Christianity.
>>Nelson
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>>Richard
>>Benert
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>>My late cousin, Alice Buchholz of Creston, B.C., told me several years ago
>>that the Baptist Church in Neudorf was used (rented?) periodically for
>>services by Tatars.
>>
>>Has anyone any knowledge of Tatars living in Volhynia, like where and how
>>many?
>>
>>And why in heaven's name can't it be decided whether to call them Tatars 
>>or
>>Tartars?
>>
>>Dick Benert
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