Tartarian Empire
Tartarian Empire
What it claims
The English Wikipedia classifies the Tartarian Empire as a pseudohistorical conspiracy theory.It writes that Tartary was a historical place name referring to Central Asia and Siberia.It traces the theory's origin to Russian pseudoscientific nationalism.It states that Anatoly Fomenko's New Chronology came first, in the 1970s and 80s.It then notes that Nikolai Levashov's racialized occult view of history followed as a root.It reports that the Russian Geographical Society rebutted the claim as extremist fantasy.It introduces the claim that the Singer Building, the old Penn Station in New York, and 1915 World's Fair buildings are Tartarian legacy.Architecture critic Zach Mortice called this theory 'the QAnon of architecture.'
How the post is built
It includes a 1700 map of Asia, which divides Grand Tartary into Muscovite, Chinese, and Independent Tartary.It also includes a photo of the Palace of Horticulture from the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition.
How it connects
This entry serves as the pack's standard reference, summarizing the claims covered by the other pieces here and attaching scholarly rebuttals.