Volga Bulgaria
Volga Bulgaria or Volga–Kama Bulgaria was a historical Bulgar state that existed between the 7th and 13th centuries around the confluence of the Volga and Kama River, in what is now European Russia. Volga Bulgaria was a multi-ethnic state with large numbers of Bulgars, Finno-Ugrians, Varangians and East Slavs. Its strategic position allowed it to create a local trade monopoly with Norse, Cumans, and Pannonian Avars.
Volga Bulgaria | |||||||||
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| late 7th century–1240s | |||||||||
| Capital | Bolghar Bilär | ||||||||
| Common languages | Bulgar | ||||||||
| Religion | Tengrism, later Sunni Islam (after Almish Iltäbär) | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
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• 9th century | Şilki | ||||||||
• 10th century | Almış, Ahmad, Mikaʾil, Abdallah, Talib, Muʾmin I, Muʾmin II, Shamgun | ||||||||
• 11th-13th centuries | Khaidar, Mukhammad, Saʾid, Baradz, Ibrahim, Otyak, Ghabdula Chelbir, Ilham Khan | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Established | late 7th century | ||||||||
• Conversion to Islam | 922 | ||||||||
| 1240s | |||||||||
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| Today part of | Russia | ||||||||
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