Tatary

Name used from classical times until the twentieth century to designate a great tract of Asia stretching from the Caspian[?] Sea to the Pacific Ocean. To the north lies Siberia, to the south (going from the Caspian[?] eastward) lies Persia, Kashmir, Tibet and China. Again, from west to east, it is divided into three parts:

   Turkestan
     subdivided into 
                  Russian Turkestan
            comprising Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kirghizia (Turkish speaking)
            and Tajikistan (Persian speaking)

              and Chinese Turkestan 
                comprising Sinkiang or Xinjiang (Turkish speaking)
                and Dzungaria[?] (Mongol speaking)

   Mongolia
             comprising Tuva or north Mongolia (Turkish speaking)
                        Outer Mongolia (Mongol speaking)
                        Inner Mongolia (Mongol and Chinese speaking)

   Manchuria
             comprising Outer Manchuria (Russian speaking)
                    and Inner Manchuria (Chinese speaking)

Russian Turkestan was known as 'Independent' Tatary and Chinese Turkestan, Mongolia and Manchuria were together known as Chinese Tatary. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Russia annexed independent Tatary, north Mongolia and outer Manchuria. China has retained Chinese Turkestan, inner Mongolia and inner Manchuria.