Volga Bulgaria
600s–1200s Bulgar state on the Volga River
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Volga Bulgaria was a medieval state located along the Volga River that existed from around the 600s to the 1200s. It matters historically because it was an important early civilization in Eastern Europe that influenced the region's cultural and political development during the Middle Ages.
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Volga Bulgaria or Volga–Kama Bulgaria (sometimes referred to as the Volga Bulgar Emirate) was a historical Bulgar state that existed between the 9th 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.