- Siberian Bukharans
The Siberian Bukharans were Uzbek merchants from
Bukhara who settled in Siberia in the 17th Century after the area had been conqueored by theRussians . They were also known as Sarts and occasionally also classed as Tatars.The Siberian Bukharans maintained their own identity and were quite numerous. They numbered 23,671 in 1926. Their main bases of settlement were
Tobolsk ,Astrakhan ,Tara andTyumen .ources
*Wixman, Ronald. "The Peoples of the USSR" (Armonk: Sharpe, 1984) p. 32
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