The Ancient Bulgarians – Who Were They? A New Look at the Old Question

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Pages: 9-47
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54664/WCFL1651

Abstract:

The author offers a new perspective on the fundamental question of the Bulgarian ethnogenesis. Bulgarians and Khazars came from East Turkestan, a region of Turpan-Urumqi-Hami and their initial origin was Tocharian. Gradually in the Sarmatian environment, they became Iranian-speaking. In the first century AD, they were already in the Caucasus and came in the sight of the annalists (Moses Khorenatsi).

Keywords:

Bulgarians, Tocharians, Khazars, Vlyndurs, Tien Shan, Tochars, Yuezhi.

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