Old Great Bulgaria

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Old Great Bulgaria
632[1]–668
Monogram of bulgar khan Kubrat
Old Great Bulgaria
Capital	Phanagoria (632–665)
Common languages	Bulgar
Religion	Tengrism[2] Christianity [3][4]
Demonym(s)	Bulgar
Government	Absolute monarchy
Khan
• 632–665	Kubrat
• 665–668	Batbayan
Historical era	Middle Ages
• Kubrat inherits the throne	632[1]
• Batbayan inherits the throne	665
• Old Great Bulgaria is conquered by the Khazars	668
Preceded by Succeeded by Onogurs Kazarig Avar Khaganate First Bulgarian Empire Volga Bulgaria Khazar Khaganate
Today part of	Russia Ukraine

Old Great Bulgaria (Medieval Greek: Παλαιά Μεγάλη Βουλγαρία, Palaiá Megálē Voulgaría), also often known by the Latin names Magna Bulgaria^[5] and Patria Onoguria ("Onogur land"),^[6] was a 7th-century Turkic nomadic empire formed by the Onogur-Bulgars on the western Pontic–Caspian steppe (modern southern Ukraine and southwest Russia).^[7] Great Bulgaria was originally centered between the Dniester and lower Volga.

The original capital was Phanagoria^[8] on the Taman Peninsula between the Black and Azov seas. In the mid-7th century, Great Bulgaria expanded west to include Avar territory and was centered on Poltava. During the late 7th century, however, an Avar-Slavic alliance in the west, and Khazars in the east, defeated the Bulgars, and Great Bulgaria disintegrated. Successor states are the First Bulgarian Empire and Volga Bulgaria.