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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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Wikidata facts

Instance of
Bulgarian Empire
Official name
Волжская Булгария
Continent
Europe
Capital
Bolğar
Official language
Bulgar
Currency
som
Population
2000000
Form of government
monarchy
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title
Атӑлçи́ Пӑлха́р
Commons category
Volga Bulgaria
topic's main category
Category:Volga Bulgaria
dissolved, abolished or demolished date
1240-00-00
inception
0601-00-00
language used
Bulgar
official religion
Tengrism
different from
Bulgarian Empire
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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.

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