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 Heritage List in 2014. thumb|200px|Hill fort before reconstruction (lithography of XIX) thumb|200px|Common view to hill fort thumb|200px|Temples of hill fort

== History == Bolgar was originally established in the 10th century. The city was supposedly the capital of Volga Bulgaria from as early as the 10th century. As a result of Russian incursions along the Volga, and internecine fights, the Volga Bulgar kings (khagans) were forced to intermittently move their capital to Bilyar.