Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: ChiIslam muTatarstan chaivapo zana remakore rechigumi risati rasvika, asi chakatanga kukura zvikuru muna 922, apo mutongi weBulgar Almış akatendeukira kuchiIslam. Izvi zvakateverwa nokuwedzera kwebasa roufundisi muVolga Bulgaria. ChiIslam chakaramba chiri chitendero chikuru mu
Kupinda kwevaMongol uye Khanate yeKazan yakazotevera. Muna 1552, nharaunda yacho yakazokundwa neRussia, ichiunza maTatar nemaBashkir kuMiddle Volga muumambo hweTsardom. Pasi pokutonga kweRussia, chiIslam chakadzvinyirirwa kwemakore akawanda, kutanga munguva yeCzarism neUmambo uye gare gare munguva yeSoviet. Mazuva ano, chitendero chechiIslam ndicho chikuru muTatarstan, chinotsigirwa nevanhu vanosvika 53 muzana pavanhu vanenge mamiriyoni 3,8, zvichiita kuti chive chitendero chikuru.