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Volga Bulgaria or Volga–Kama Bulgaria (sometimes referred to as the Volga Bulgar Emirate [2]) was a historical Bulgar [3] [4] [5] state that existed between the 9th and 13th centuries around the confluence of the Volga and Kama River, in what is now European Russia.
Bulgars led by Khan Krum pursue the Byzantines at the Battle of Versinikia (813). The Bulgars (also Bulghars, Bulgari, Bolgars, Bolghars, Bolgari, [1] Proto-Bulgarians [2]) were Turkic semi-nomadic warrior tribes that flourished in the Pontic–Caspian steppe and the Volga region between the 5th [3] and 7th centuries.
Bolghar (Russian: Болгарское городище) was intermittently the capital of Volga Bulgaria from the 10th to the 13th centuries, along with Bilyar and Nur-Suvar. It was situated on the bank of the Volga River , about 30 km downstream from its confluence with the Kama River and some 130 km from modern Kazan in what is now Spassky ...
Volga Bulgaria was a state in modern-day southwestern Russia, formed by the descendants of a group of Bulgars distinct from those who under Asparuh crossed the Danube river and formed the First Bulgarian Empire (c. 680–1018). The Volga Bulgarians were for much of their early history, until the tenth century, under the suzerainty of the Khazar ...
The Khanate of Kazan [a] was a Tatar state that occupied the territory of the former Volga Bulgaria between 1438 and 1552. The khanate covered contemporary Tatarstan, Mari El, Chuvashia, Mordovia, and parts of Udmurtia and Bashkortostan; its capital was the city of Kazan.
The territory of the Bulgar Ulus of the Golden Horde on the map Territory of the Golden Horde on the map. The Bulgar Ulus [1] (also the Bulgar Land, [2] the Bulgar Region, [3] the Bulgar Oblast, [4] the Bulgar Vilayat [5]) was an administrative unit (ulus) of the Golden Horde on the territory of the former Volga Bulgaria with its center in the city of Bolgar, which existed in the first half of ...
The Slavic slaves in Bolghar in Volga Bulgaria were assigned to live in specific slave quarters of the city, with their own judges. [10] Ibn Fadlan described slavery in Volga Bulgaria: "Russians are a separate tribe, their land borders the lands of Turks and Sakaliba. They are sold as slaves to Bulgars and Khazars, and also trade slaves.
Suar (Suwar or Suvar) was a medieval (9th - 14th century) Volga Bulgarian city, [1] the capital of Suar Principality in 948–975. It was situated at Volga's left tributary Ütäk river's upper stream. In the 10th century it coined its own money. Suar was a political, economical and trade center of Volga Bulgaria.