Homeland of buckwheat is often referred to as Greece, which is not surprising – the name right, and indeed in Greece, as you know, "all is". However, the real place of her birth – the Himalayas. Over 4000 years ago drew lived there the people of Northern India and Nepal attention to herb with inconspicuous flowers. Its seeds are dark, similar to pyramid the seeds were edible, it could make flour for tortillas and to cook tasty porridge. The neighboring Nations have adopted the Himalayas that culture and also began to cultivate it on their fields. So did the Bulgarians of the Volga, and from them that she came to Russia. According to historians, the Slavs began to cultivate buckwheat in the VII century, and the name she received in Kievan Rus', as plantings of buckwheat were doing in those days, mostly Greek monks inhabiting the local monasteries. Loved the Slavs delicious cereal that is the name she came up buckwheat, the buckwheat, the grechukha, Greek wheat, and in Ukraine and in the Volga region and to this day is called "Tatar".