Bolgary, a village in the Russian government of Kazan, near the Volga, with about 150 houses. It occupies the site of Bolgar, capital of the old Bulgarian kingdom, remains of which, in the form of ruined buildings, walls, and minarets, yet attest its former state.
Bolgary
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 277
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