Flourishing from about AD 200 to AD 950 in the Caucasus region and the steppes of Southeastern Russia,  this extinct Turkic people had their capital at Itil, now Astrakhan.
Flourishing from about AD 200 to AD 950 in the Caucasus region and the steppes of Southeastern Russia,  this extinct Turkic people had their capital at Itil, now Astrakhan. Their leader converted to Judaism in the 7th century with a large portion of the population following thereafter, and after a series of wars they were largely assimilated by the Russians. FTP name this group who, at the height of their power in the 9th century, controlled Russia west to the Dnieper River and north to the middle course of the Volga River.
Flourishing from about AD 200 to AD 950 in the Caucasus region and the steppes of Southeastern Russia,  this extinct Turkic people had their capital at Itil, now Astrakhan.
Khazars