sentences:  Chinese Tatars
  
  Chinese Tatars (; ) form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China.Their ancestors are Volga Tatars tradesmen who settled mostly in Xinjiang and Crimean Tatars who suffered from Joseph Stalin's expulsion in the 1940s.The number of Chinese Tatars stood at 3,556 as of the year 2010 and they live mainly in the cities of Yining, Tacheng and Ürümqi in Xinjiang.