of the People to the East of Europe,) but they have more resemblance to the Turks.

Their first country, Great Bulgaria, was washed by the Volga.

Some remains of their capital are still shown near Kasan.

They afterwards dwelt in Kuban, and finally on the Danube, where they subdued (about the year 500) the Slavo-Servians established on the Lower Danube.

Conquered in their turn by the Avars, they freed themselves from that yoke in 635; their empire then comprised the Cutturgurians, the remains of the Huns established on the Palus Maeotis.