members of any of various tribes who, originally under the
leadership of
Genghis Khan (1162 - 1227,
Mongol conqueror of most of
Asia and of East Europe) overran
Asia and much of
eastern Europe in the
Middle Ages.
I know very well I could go fifty miles outside of the city into a village and ask the head man or anybody else in the village, "What is communism?" and the fellow would look at me very blankly and say, "Oh, aren't the Tartars still in charge?" They make a lot of splash in the newspapers, but I don't think they're making much splash in their back country.