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    Bolghar (Russian: Болгарское городище) was intermittently the capital of Volga Bulgaria from the 10th to the 13th centuries, along with Bilyar and Nur-Suvar...
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    Bulgars (redirect from Bolghars)
    The Bulgars (also Bulghars, Bulgari, Bolgars, Bolghars, Bolgari, Proto-Bulgarians) were Turkic semi-nomadic warrior tribes that flourished in the Pontic–Caspian...
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    practicable). Bolghar, was a thriving city, rivalling in size and wealth the greatest centres of the Islamic world. Trade partners of Bolghar included from...
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  • Bulgar (also known as Bulghar, Bolgar, or Bolghar) is an extinct Oghuric Turkic language spoken by the Bulgars. The name is derived from the Bulgars,...
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  • bäklege, قاشان بەكلىُگىُ) was once a Bolghar Duchy in modern-day Tatarstan. After the 13th century Mongol invasion, Bolghar became dependent on Volga Bulgaria...
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  • The Oghuric, Onoguric or Oguric languages (also known as Bulgar, Bulgharic, Bolgar, Pre-Proto-Bulgaric or Lir-Turkic and r-Turkic) are a branch of the...
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  • was a son of Şilki ([ʃilˈki]). He ruled the Volga Bulgars, probably from Bolghar, in c. 895-925. According to the controversial History of Jaˁfar, Almış...
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    would fit Ottar's account perfectly. Bjarmian trade reached southeast to Bolghar, by the Volga River, where the Bjarmians also interacted with Scandinavians...
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  • extinct language of the Bulgars Oghur languages Bulgar may also refer to: Bolghar, the capital city of Volga Bulgaria Bulgur, a wheat product Bulgar, an...
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    Western Caucasus Volga Assumption Cathedral and Monastery of Sviyazhsk Bolghar Kazan Kremlin Astronomical Observatory of Kazan University 1 Shared with...
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    the development of tourist centres of the Republic of Tatarstan—Kazan, Bolghar, the town-island of Sviyazhsk, Yelabuga, Chistopol, and Tetyushi. The growth...
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  • Kremlin, Observatories Ferapontov Monastery Curonian Spit Derbent Yaroslavl Bolghar Sviyazhsk Pskov Gogland (Struve Arc) Kenozero Lake Baikal Kamchatka Mountains...
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  • strengthened its economy and military. Over his reign, the capital moved from Bolghar to Bilär. The Battle of Samara Bend was the first battle between Volga...
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    which was at the time near Mount Beshtau. From there he made a journey to Bolghar, which became the northernmost point he reached, and noted its unusually...
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  • assailants. In the 1920s, Wäisi movement followers founded the Yaña Bolğar (New Bolghar) commune in Chistopol canton in order to foster the growth of an autonomous...
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    silver coins or oriental finery), and common trade partners were Volga Bolghar, Khazar Itil and Byzantine Chersonesus. By the early 9th century, bands...
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    book opens with a preface describing his father and uncle travelling to Bolghar where Prince Berke Khan lived. A year later, they went to Ukek and continued...
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    attacks in 1223. However, they were eventually subdued, their capital Bolghar city became one of the major cities of the Golden Horde of the Mongols...
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  • İske Qazan (literally: Old Kazan; Cyrillic: Иске Казан), was a Bolghar-Tatar city in the 13-16th centuries, situated on the banks of the Kazanka River...
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  • attack Bolghar. They met with success, forcing the local ruler Asan (Ḥasan) to submit to Qāghān Beg in 1377. Khan Muḥammad-Sulṭān was present in Bolghar, and...
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  • cities). Ahmad ibn Fadlan in the 10th century gives an account of the Bolghar and the Rus' peoples. William Rubruck, while most notable for his account...
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    but there was also a slave market for domestic use in Bolghar. The Slavic slaves in Bolghar in Volga Bulgaria were assigned to live in specific slave...
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    attacked in 1107. In 1120, Yuri conducted a military campaign against Bolghar territory. During the 11th and 12th centuries when southern parts of Rus'...
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    in Central Asia and copper and silver coins in the Caucasus, Iran, and Bolghar. In 1252–59, Möngke conducted a census of the Mongol Empire, including...
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    along the Volga; but the buccaneers launched a revenge raid on the area of Bolghar. Seeking cooperation against this and other threats, Tokhtamysh received...
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    traditions of Kazan poetry, and his verses were very popular. The city of Bolghar retained its position as a sacred place, but had this function only, due...
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    near the Delta. Orașul de Floci – a former trading town on the Danube. Bolghar – important Silk Road city on the Volga river, razed by the Tatar. Ilimsk...
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  • the once popular Turkic totem. These flying snakes were also known in Bolghar, Suar, Bilär and the other cities of Volga Bulgaria. For the most part...
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    Principality, under Mamai's control). Moscow briefly installed a tax collector in Bolghar until the city was taken back by the Tatars. 1377: 2 August [O.S. 21 July]...
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    Western Caucasus Volga Assumption Cathedral and Monastery of Sviyazhsk Bolghar Kazan Kremlin Astronomical Observatory of Kazan University 1 Shared with...
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