Bolgar

Bolgar is a town and the administrative center of in the Republic of Tatarstan, , located on the left bank of the Volga River, 140 kilometers from .
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  • Type: Town with 8,640 residents
  • Description: town in Russia
  • Also known as: Bolğar”, “Bolgar, Spassky District, Republic of Tatarstan”, “Bulgar”, “Spask”, and “Spassk-Tatarskiy
  • Historically known as: Kuybyshev
  • Address: Спасский район

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bolgarian Islamic Academy and White Mosque.

University
The Bolgar Islamic Academy is a theological islamic instite in Bolgar, , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tri Ozera.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a village, which is situated 7 km south of Bolgar.

Bolgar

Latitude
54.97414° or 54° 58′ 27″ north
Longitude
49.03185° or 49° 1′ 55″ east
Population
8,640
Elevation
91 metres (299 feet)
Open location code
9H6FX2FJ+MP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 68094980
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
570990
Wiki­data ID
Q105284
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Bolgar” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: بولغار
  • Azerbaijani: Bolqar
  • Bashkir: Болғар
  • Basque: Bolgar
  • Belarusian: Болгар
  • Bulgarian: Болгар
  • Catalan: Bólgar
  • Cebuano: Bolgar
  • Chechen: Болгар
  • Chinese: Bolgar
  • Chinese: 博爾加爾
  • Chuvash: Аслă Пăлхар
  • Chuvash: Пăлхар
  • Crimean Tatar: Bolgar
  • Crimean Tatar: Bulğar
  • Czech: Bolgar
  • Dimli (individual language): Bolgar
  • Dutch: Bolgar
  • Esperanto: Bolgar
  • Esperanto: Болгар
  • Estonian: Bolgar
  • Estonian: Kuibõšev
  • Estonian: Spassk
  • Finnish: Bolgar
  • French: Bolgar
  • German: Bolgar
  • Greek: Βολγάρ
  • Greek: Βόλγαρ
  • Greek: Μπόλγκαρ
  • Hungarian: Bolgar
  • Irish: Bolğar
  • Italian: Bolgar
  • Japanese: ボルガル
  • Komering: Bolgar
  • Korean: 볼가르
  • Latvian: Bolgara
  • Latvian: Kuibiševa
  • Latvian: Spaska
  • Lithuanian: Bolgaras
  • Maltese: Bolgar
  • Min Nan Chinese: Bolgar (Spassky Koān, Tatarstan Kiōng-hô-kok)
  • Mongolian: Болгар
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Bolgar
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Bolgar
  • Norwegian: Bolgar
  • Occitan (post 1500): Bolgar
  • Ossetian: Болгар
  • Persian: بلغار
  • Polish: Bołgar
  • Portuguese: Bolgar
  • Russian: Болгар
  • Russian: Бо́лгар
  • Russian: Куйбышев
  • Russian: Спасск-Татарский
  • Russian: Спасск
  • Serbian: Болгар
  • Slovak: Bolgar
  • South Azerbaijani: بولقار
  • Spanish: Bolgar
  • Spanish: Bólgar
  • Swedish: Bolgar
  • Swedish: Bolgary
  • Tagalog: Bolgar
  • Talysh: Bolgar
  • Tatar: Болгар
  • Turkish: Bolgar, Spassky Bölgesi, Tataristan Cumhuriyeti
  • Turkish: Bolgar
  • Ukrainian: Болгар
  • Upper Sorbian: Bolgar
  • Veps: Bolgar
  • Waray (Philippines): Bolgar

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