The Volga Tatars are the largest subgroup of the Tatars, native to the Volga-Ural region. They account for roughly six out of seven million Tatars worldwide. They are in turn subdivided into various subgroups, the largest being the Kazan Tatars, native to Tatarstan proper.
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