#bulgars

The Gaugauz are a Christian Turkic group from the Bessarabian region of Eastern Europe. They traditionally claim descendants from the Turkic Bulgars who migrated to Eastern Balkans through the Eurasian Steppes in the Middle Ages.

A map illustrating the First Bulgarian Empire at its greatest extent during the reign of Simeon I the Great (the first one to use the title tsar derived from the Latin caesar). The Bulgarian Empire was a medieval kingdom established as a union between the Bulgars and Slavs that adopted Christianity in 864. Simeon I's ambition to ascend to the imperial throne in Constantinople was the dominant driver of Bulgarian foreign policy leading to numerous wars (seemingly, the greatest success was his coronation by the Orthodox Patriarch as "Emperor and Autocrat of all Bulgarians and Romans" outside the walls of Constantinople in 913, although this arrangement did not survive long). At the same time, the disintegration of the Avar Khaganate north of the Danube allowed the country to expand its influence and territory into the Pannonian Plain, which was a mixed blessing as Bulgaria was confronted by the advance of migrating Pechenegs, Cumans, and Magyars.

Terracotta tile found in Vinica, modern day North Macedonia dated to 6th-7th century depicting a battle between a Slavic (written in Latin as "SCLAVIGI") and Bulgar (written in latin as "BOLGAR") warrior.

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Кир Буличов