Bilär
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Bilär or Bilyarsk (; ) was a medieval city in Volga Bulgaria and its second capital before the Mongol invasion of Volga Bulgaria. It was located on the left bank of the Small Cheremshan River in Alexeeyevsky District of the Tatarstan. Its erstwhile location is from the current village of the same name and from Kazan.
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- Russia Tatarstan#Russia
- Ancient site.location
- Alexeyevsky District, Tatarstan, Russia
- Ancient site.region
- Russia
- Ancient site.part_of
- Tatarstan
- Ancient site.built
- 10th century
- Ancient site.archaeologists
- Fayaz HuzinAlbert Khalikov
- Ancient site.condition
- Semi-ruined
- Ancient site.ownership
- Public
- Ancient site.public_access
- Yes
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Bilär or Bilyarsk (; ) was a medieval city in Volga Bulgaria and its second capital before the Mongol invasion of Volga Bulgaria. It was located on the left bank of the Small Cheremshan River in Alexeeyevsky District of the Tatarstan. Its erstwhile location is from the current village of the same name and from Kazan.
== History == The city was founded around 10th century by the indigenous Bilär tribe of the Volga Bulgars. In Russian chronicles, it was also known as the "Great City" (), because its population reputedly was in excess of 100,000.
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