Bolghar

Bolghar

UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Bolgar Historical and Archaeological Complex
Location	Tatarstan, Russia
Criteria	Cultural: (ii), (vi)
Reference	981rev
Inscription	2014 (38th Session)
Area	424 ha (1.64 sq mi)
Buffer zone	12,101 ha (46.72 sq mi)
Coordinates	54°58′44″N 49°03′23″E / 54.97889°N 49.05639°E / 54.97889; 49.05639
Location of Bolghar in Russia

Bolghar (Russian: Болгарское городище) was intermittently the capital of Volga Bulgaria from the 10th to the 13th 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.^[1]