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Bolghar
Bolghar (Bolgar) was a city on the Volga, south of modern Kazan in Tatarstan, Russia, and a capital and trading centre of Volga Bulgaria from the 10th century. After the Mongol conquest it became an important city of the Golden Horde, where coins were minted, and it flourished with stone mosques and mausoleums in the 14th century. Its ruins are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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