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Also known as Bilyar

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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Place details

Locality
Билярск
Region
Татарстан
Country
Россия
Population
2,179

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Ancient site.map_type
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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при впадении р. Билярки в р. Малый Черемшан
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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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