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Bulgars (also Bolgars or proto-Bulgarians) a people of Central Asia, probably originally Pamirian, whose branches became Slavicized and perhaps Turkic over time. The Turkic etymology most often given for their name is Bulgha meaning sable and is of totemistic origin.1 Migration to Europe and establishment of Great Bulgaria
As early as the 2nd century AD some branches of the Bulgars came down to the European continent, settling in the plains between the Caspian and the Black Seas. Between 351 and 389 AD some of these crossed the Caucasus and migrated to Armenia. Toponymic data testify to the fact that they remained there and were eventually assimilated by the Armenians.
Swept by the Hunnish wave at the beginning of the 4th century3rd century 4th century 5th century other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 4th century was that century which lasted from 301 to 400. Events Definitive declaration of biblical canon: Council of Carthage Demotic is replaced by Gr AD, other numerous Bulgarian tribes broke loose from their settlements in eastern Khazahstan to migrate to the fertile lands along the lower valleys of the DonetsDonets , is a tributary of Don River, Russia. It originates in Central Russia, flows South-East through Ukraine and then Russia again to join Don. Total length is 650 mi (1,050 km). It is a significant transportation artery to service Donets Basin an area and the DonThere are several rivers named Don Don River, Russia, one of the main rivers of Russia. River Don, Scotland, a river in Aberdeenshire which rises in the Grampians and flows 131 km (82 miles) eastwards to the North Sea at Aberdeen. River Don, England, a ri rivers and the AzovAzov (city) is a town in Rostov Oblast, Russia Sea of Azov is a northern section of the Black Sea Castle of Azov was a fortified city controlled by Crimean Khanate, and later by Ottoman Empire. sea-shore assimilating what was left of the SarmatiansSarmatians Sarmatae or Sauromatae (the second form is mostly used by the earlier Greek writers, the other by the later Greeks and the Romans) were a people whom Herodotus (4. 21-117) in the 5th century BC put on the eastern boundary of Scythia beyond the. Some of these remained for centuries in their new settlements, whereas others moved on with the HunsMany historians consider the Huns (meaning "person" in mongolian language) the first Turkic people mentioned in European history. References in Chinese sources to peoples called the Xiong-Nu (Hsiung-nu) go back to 1200 BC. Their Xiong rulers, first mentio towards Central Europe settling in Pannonia.
The Bulgars took part in the Hun raids on Central and Western Europe between 377 and 453 AD. After the utter defeat of the Huns in the Battle of Chalons on September 20, 451 AD, the Bulgars redirected their attention to Byzantium where consecutive raids were undertaken in the end of the 5th century and the beginning of the 6th century.
The Bulgars fell under the domination of the Turkic Khanate in 568 AD. United under Kubrat (Kurt) of the Dulo clan, they broke loose from the khanate and formed an independent state between the lower course of the Danube to the west, the Black and the Azov Seas to the south, the Kuban river to the east, and the Donets river to the north. The capital of the state named Great Bulgaria was Phanagoria on the Azov.
