Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bulgars na Volga, waɗanda suka zauna a kogin Volga a ƙarni na 7 AD kuma suka shiga addinin Islama a 922 a lokacin aikin mishan na Ahmad ibn Fadlan, sun zauna a yankin Tatarstan na yanzu. Bayan mamayar Batu Khan
na 1223<unk>1236, Golden Horde ya haɗu da Volga Bulgaria. Yawancin jama'ar sun tsira, kuma wani nau'i na haɗuwa tsakanin shi da Kipchaks na Horde ya biyo baya. Groupungiyar gabaɗaya ta karɓi sunan "Tatar" (a ƙarshe a ƙarshen ƙarni na 19; kodayake sunan Bulgars ya ci gaba a wasu wurare; yawancin sun bayyana kansu kawai a matsayin "Musulmai") da yaren Kipchaks; a gefe guda, mamayewa daga ƙarshe sun koma addinin Islama na Sunni (karni na 14). Yayin da Golden Horde ya rushe a karni na 15, yankin ya zama yankin Kazan khanate, wanda Rasha ta ci nasara a karni na 16.