page_title: Bolghar
hierarchical_section_title: Bolghar
caption_attribution_description: English: This is illustration of Bolghar ruins from book russian writer Svin'in «Картины России и быть разноплеменных ея народов: из путешествий П.П. Свиньина» Русский: Это литография развалин столицы Волжской Булгарии города Болгар из книги П.П. Свиньина «Картины России и быть разноплеменных ея народов: из путешествий П.П. Свиньина»
context_page_description: Bolghar was intermittently capital of Volga Bulgaria from the 8th to the 15th 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. West of it lies a small modern town, since 1991 known as Bolgar. The UNESCO World Heritage Committee inscribed Bolgar Historical and Archaeological Complex to the World Heritage List in 2014.
context_section_description: Bolghar (Tatar: Болгар, Chuvash: Пăлхар) was intermittently capital of Volga Bulgaria from the 8th to the 15th 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. West of it lies a small modern town, since 1991 known as Bolgar. The UNESCO World Heritage Committee inscribed Bolgar Historical and Archaeological Complex (ancient Bolghar hill fort) to the World Heritage List in 2014.
caption: Hill fort before reconstruction (lithography of XIX)
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