The name derives from Ta-ta or Dada, a Mongol tribe that inhabited the northwest of present-day Mongolia in the 3rd century and after being subjugated in the 4th century by the Liao dynasty, they migrated south, founding the Mongol Empire under Genghis Kan. Led by their grandson Batu Kan they moved west, taking with them many Turkic Uralo-Altaics to the plains of Russia. Those of the south coast were mixed with Scythians, Greeks and Italians. The Tatars of the mountains are very similar to those of the Caucasus, while those of the steppes – the Nogayos – have a mixed origin between Turks and Mongols.
The Crimean Kanato was the State of the Crimean Tatars since 1441. The peninsula was invaded by the Turks in 1475, who, with the help of the Tatar princes who were later called “Crimean Tatars”, who controlled part of the area, Turks and Tatars retained possession until 1777, when the last Crimean Gothnes or Goths disappeared. As a result of the Russian victory over the Turks that year, Crimea became part of the Russian Empire in 1783. The war of 1853 and the laws of 1860, 1863 and 1874 caused the exodus of the Crimean Tatars.
In 1620, the Kan Devlet-Giray attacked the southern Polish possessions (Podolia and Bratslavshchina). The campaign ended with the complete defeat of the Polish troops before the Turkish-Tatar army at the Battle of Cecora in Moldova. The Polish Commander in Chief, the great hetman Stanislav Zolkiewski died in this battle. The elite of the Polish nobility was captured. The Tartars obtained rich loot, notable captives, who would then pay a large ransom for their release.
During the Thirty Years’ War, the Ottoman Sultan did not take sides directly and turned his attention to the Mediterranean, initiating the war against the Republic of Venice, however he ordered his Crimean vassals to attack the Poles so that they would not reinforce the Habsburgs and they could achieve victory, leaving them the initiative to make forays into Russia.
It is known that the armies of Eastern Europe could be very backward and present an ancient appearance even in the last third of the 18th and early 19th centuries.
The figure shows a Tatar chief in the first half of the 17th century. He wears a lamellar cuirass atop a chainmail vest. Although its origin is from Central Asia, it is a style that was widely adopted in Russia and the surrounding areas in the 16th and 17th centuries. Also the helmet with chain mail protector. Compound bow of Asian origin. This bow represents the most advanced development of riding bows, since the end tendon, when shooting the arrow, hits the wood and gives the arrow, similar to the mechanism of a catapult, more power, which makes the arrow much faster. The sword is typically Tatar. He also carries the dagger and the mace. The wristbands were common to all the armies of the Euro-Asian zone.

NOTE
We would like to express our gratitude to Aris Stamou, Greek miniaturist, who thanks to his knowledge, has been a great help to us in clarifying those details regarding the correct reproduction of the figure’s armor, helmet, shape and origin of the saber, mace and dagger.