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page 1Archaeological sites in Tatarstan
Bolghar Gord
Bolghar or Bolgar (; Tatar: Болгар, بلغار, Bolğar; Chuvash: Аслă Пăлхар, Aslă Pălhar) 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 District. To the west of it lies a small modern town known as Bolgar since 1991. The UNESCO World Heritage Committee inscribed Bolgar Historical and Archaeological Complex (ancient Bolghar hill fort) to the World Heri
Bilär
Bilär or Bilyarsk (; ) was a medieval city in Volga Bulgaria and its second capital before the Mongol invasion of Volga Bulgaria. It was located on the left bank of the Small Cheremshan River in Alexeeyevsky District of the Tatarstan. Its erstwhile location is from the current village of the same name and from Kazan.
Aşlı
Ashli or Aşlı (cv. Аскиль trn.Askil, ; pronounced ) was a mysterious medieval Volga Bulgarian town. In Russian chronicles it is known as Oshel ().
Cükätaw
Cükätaw (; ; ; ), also known as Zhukotin (), was a medieval Bolgar city during the 10th to 15th centuries CE. The city was situated on the right bank of the Kama, near the modern city of Chistopol.
Qashan
Qashan () was a medieval city in Volga Bulgaria, on the right bank of Kama river from the 12th to the 15th century.
İske Qazan
ancient human settlement in Russia