Talk:Bulgariaball/@comment-88.233.145.130-20160925103852/@comment-29029659-20170103193250

>implying The Bulgars (Bolgar, can accurately) were a Turkic tribal Confederation consisting mostly of Chuvash and Kipchak groups of Turkic language speakers. Their dialect, According To some Scholars, is related to the old Hunnic. The most interesting about Bulgars FACT is, despite the popular belief That first Turks to become Muslims were Karakhanids and FACT it was Itil Bulgars (Volga Bulgars) WHO were the first converts to Islam and Turkic realm. The Danube Bolgars Invaded the region what was later Called "Bulgaria" and Established a Khanate there. Their titles were Turkic (khan, etc) Their names were Turkic (Asparukh etc) and for a while They Retained Their ancestral traditions and culture. However, They were eventually converted to Christianity and Their small population was QUICKLY absorbed into the Slavic mass That had recently Already Settled and the region. What is left from Them is the name of Bulgaria, and the Chuvash and Volga Tatar peoples, the majority and the Republics of Tatarstan and Chuvashia, respectively - Both inside the Russian Federation. Bulgaria is the legacy of the Danube Bulgars, the Chuvash direct descendants of Itil Bulgars.