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Bolgar

a Pleiades place resource

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Fortified settlement in Tatarstan, Russia established in the 10th century CE and inhabited through the middle of the 16th century. An important stop on the medieval Silk Road, Bolgar was the capital of Batu Khan's state in the 13th century.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/611914644

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
54.9798832398, 49.055461062

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Болгарский государственный историко-архитектурный музей-заповедник (AD 900 - AD 1599) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Болгарское городище (Bolgarskoe Gorodishche: Russian, AD 2000 - AD 2099)

Bolgar makes connections with:

None

Bolgar receives connections from:

None

Place type:
settlement (fortified)

References:

See Further:

Sitdikov 2024

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Gabriel Mckee, 'Bolgar: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/611914644> [accessed: 10 December 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/611914644 |title=Places: 611914644 (Bolgar) |author=Mckee, G. |accessdate=December 10, 2025 3:50 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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