BULGARIA, BULGARIANS AND THEIR HISTORY
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The madara horseman
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The ancient Bulgarians were an Indo-European people who started a state-forming tradition in their land of origin. In the 1st-2nd centuries AD, Bulgaria which enjoyed its zenith under Kan Kubrat in the 7th century AD. Following the Khazar aggression, a part of the Bulgarians led by Kan Asparuh headed to the Danube, scored a victory over Byzantium and set by the Danube the foundations of the oldest of present-day European states. Another part of the Bulgarians established Volga Bulgaria (in Russia today). In the Balkans, the Bulgarians accessed Slavs and Thracians thus forming the modern Bulgarian nation. |
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