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Aşlı
Ashli or Aşlı (Chuvash language, cv. ''Аскиль'' Transliteration, trn.''Askil'', ; pronounced ) was a mysterious medieval Volga Bulgarian town. In Russian chronicles it is known as Oshel (). Whereas archaeological excavations prove that the city appeared as early as the 11th century, the Tatar legends and the Russian ''Tver Chronicle'' state that the city was founded by Alexander the Great. At its heyday Ashli was a major trade and political centre. In 1220 it was ruined and burned by the troops of Sviatoslav III of Vladimir. The ''Tver Chronicle'' is the only written source where Ashli is mentioned. Downfall The downfall of the city is mentioned in the ''Tver Chronicle'', the only written mention of the city. The prince of Vladimir Yuri Vsevolodovich sent the expedition to sack Ashli under his brother, Sviatoslav. The Russians under prince Sviatoslav Vsevolodovich of Vladimir, Sviatoslav, his brother Yaroslav II of Russia, Yaroslav and Voivode, voyevoda Yeremey Glebov ...
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Volga Bulgars
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. History Origin and creation of the state The origin of the early Bulgars is still unclear. Their homeland is believed to be situated between Kazakhstan and the North Caucasian steppes. Interaction with the Hunnic tribes, causing the migration, may have occurred there, and the Pontic–Caspian steppe seems the most likely location. Some scholars propose that the Bulgars may have been a branch or offshoot of the Huns or at least Huns seem to have been absorbed by the Bulgars after Dengizich's death. Others ...
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Esegel
Esegels (aka ''Izgil'' (), ''Äsägel'', ''Askel'', ''Askil'', ''Ishkil'', ''Izgil'') were an Oghur Turkic dynastic tribe in the Middle Ages who joined and would be assimilated into the Volga Bulgars. Numerous records about Esegels in sources and works of many languages across the span of the Eurasia left numerous variations of their name. M. Räsänen suggested Uralo-Altai etymology of this word: ''Es-kil'', ''Es-gil'' "Old city", Gumilyov initially linked the Izgils to the ''Sijie'' (思结) of the Toquz Oghuz; only to later re-identify Izgils with ''Xijie'' (奚結), another Tiele tribe. However, Zuev (2002) distinguished Izgil (> Ch. *''a-siək-kiet'' 阿悉結 > ''Axijie'', a Western Tujue tribe according to Chinese sources) from Igil (> Ch. *''ɣiei-kiet'' 奚結 > ''Xijie'', a Tiele tribe) though Zuev controversially links the Igils 奚結 to the Bulgarian clan Uokil and the Indo-European-speaking ''Augaloi'' in Transoxania. Róna-Tas proposes an Iranian origin: Weste ...
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Chuvash Language
Chuvash ( , ; , , ) is a Turkic languages, Turkic language spoken in European Russia, primarily in the Chuvashia, Chuvash Republic and adjacent areas. It is the only surviving member of the Oghur languages, Oghur branch of Turkic languages, one of the two principal branches of the Turkic family. The writing system for the Chuvash language is based on the Cyrillic script, employing all of the letters used in the Russian alphabet and adding four letters of its own: Ӑ, Ӗ, Ҫ and Ӳ. Distribution Chuvash is the native language of the Chuvash people and an official language of Chuvashia Republic, Chuvashia. There are contradictory numbers regarding the number of people able to speak Chuvash nowadays; some sources claim it is spoken by 1,640,000 persons in Russia and another 34,000 in other countries and that 86% of ethnic Chuvash and 8% of the people of other ethnicities living in Chuvashia claimed knowledge of Chuvash language during the 2002 Russian Census, 2002 census. Ho ...
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Vasily Tatishchev
Vasily Nikitich Tatishchev (sometimes spelt Tatischev; , ; 19 April 1686 – 15 July 1750) was a statesman, historian, philosopher, and ethnographer in the Russian Empire. He is known as the author of a book on Russian history titled ''The History of Russia'' (), posthumously published in 1767. He also founded three cities in the Russian Empire: Stavropol-on-Volga (now known as Tolyatti), Yekaterinburg, and Perm. Tatishchev often did not cite his sources, which required later critical historians to find out where he got his information from. After several sources were discovered, the texts of Tatishchev which remained unaccounted for (such as the alleged '' Ioachim Chronicle'', which has never been found) became known as " Tatishchev information" (), which is not to be trusted until it is supported by another extant source. Life Tatishchev was born near Pskov on 19 April 1686. The young Tatishchev was homeschooled, being taught German and Polish. As an adult, he also studied ...
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Uryum (village)
Uryum () is a lake in Zdvinsky District, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russian Federation.Google Earth Verkh-Uryum town is located by the southeastern shore of the lake. Nizhny Uryum lies by the southern shore, and Mikhaylovka, by the northern. Geography Uryum lies in the Baraba Lowland, West Siberian Plain. It belongs to the Chulym river basin, located in the southern part of the Ob-Irtysh interfluve. The Chulym enters the lake from the southeastern end and flows out from the western shore. Uryum is the last of the fluvial lakes of the westward flowing Chulym before it ends at Lake Malye Chany. It has an elongated shape roughly aligned from east to west. The shores are regular and there is a wide bay in the north. About further upstream lies lake Sargul. Crucian carp live in the lake waters. The Bagan flows to the south. Lake Malye Chany lies to the west, Sartlan to the north, and Inder to the east. See also *List of lakes of Russia List of lakes in Russia in alphabe ...
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Tetyushsky District
Tetyushsky District (; ) is a territorial administrative unit and municipal district of the Republic of Tatarstan within the Russian Federation. The district is located in the south-west of Tatarstan, on the right bank of the Kuybyshev Reservoir, and shares borders with the Ulyanovsk Oblast, Buinsky, Apastovsky and Kamsko-Ustyinsky District. The administrative center of the district is the city of Tetyushi. Settlements first began to appear in the region around V-VI BC. The city of Tetyushi was officially founded in 1578 when Kazan's Russian governors decided to construct a fortification on the right bank of the Volga to protect the region following the siege of Kazan and the fall of the Kazan Khanate. In 1781 Tetyushi was granted the status of a uezd. The contemporary Tetyushsky district was formed in 1930. The focus of regional development is tourism and agriculture. Additionally, there is a historical and architectural natural park "Dolgaya Polyana" with a former estat ...
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Kuybyshev Reservoir
Kuybyshev Reservoir or Kuybyshevskoye Reservoir () is a reservoir of the middle Volga and lower Kama in Chuvashia, Mari El Republic, Republic of Tatarstan, Samara Oblast and Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia. It is sometimes called as Samara Reservoir and informally called Kuybyshev Sea. The Kuybyshev Reservoir has a surface area of 6,450 km² and a volume of 58 billion cubic meters. It is the largest reservoir in Europe and third in the world by surface area. The major cities of Kazan, Ulyanovsk, and Tolyatti are adjacent to the reservoir. The reservoir was created by the dam of Zhiguli Hydroelectric Station (formerly, V.I. Lenin Volga Hydroelectric Station), located between the cities of Zhigulevsk and Tolyatti in Samara Oblast. It was filled in 1955–1957. With the filling of the reservoir in the 1950s, some villages and towns were submerged by the rising water and were rebuilt on higher ground. These included the old fortress town of Stavropol-on-Volga, which was re ...
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