A Bulgar town on the Kama near modern Chistopol, by the village of Danaurovka, and in the 10th-13th centuries one of the main centres of the Bulgar fur trade (en.wikipedia).
It is not yet the seat of a principality of its own, which it becomes only in the Golden Horde period.
Who holds it
- Title
- Bulgar town lord
- Confidence
- low
en.wikipedia Juketau; position approximate (by Danaurovka near Chistopol)
Lord in 1200
A prince or governor under the emir, not pinned.
How things stand that morning
A Bulgar town under the emir.
Charter
None: Rus' towns had no charters; the prince's rights and the townsmen's customs governed.
Council
None recorded.
Communities
Not recorded.
Fairs and markets
None recorded.
Militia
None recorded.
Walls and castle
Earth-and-timber hillfort.
Trade and crafts
Furs from the Kama and the north.
What the year holds
What happened next, if nothing in play changes it. Each event carries what it depends on and what would stop it.
- 1236 (after this year)Destroyed by Batu's Mongols.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Short article; nothing dated 1200.
Primary sources for Volga Bulgaria
Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.
- The Laurentian Chronicle (the Suzdal continuation kept in the late 12th and 13th centuries; manuscript 1377). The court record of Vsevolod III of Vladimir. Read online
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.