To The Question Of Urbanization In The Territory Of The Pre-Mongol Volga Bulgaria

The achievements of archaeological research in the Republic of Tatarstan of the Russian Federation and in the adjacent territories allow us to reach a new level of generalization and coverage of the medieval urbanization in the Volga-Kama region of Eastern Europe. The purpose of the article is to cover the role of the early feudal state of Volgian (Volga-Kama) Bulgaria at 10 - the first third of 13 centuries. There are limited information from written sources to understand the process of urbanization closely related to the formation of the state of Volga Bulgaria. The basic source for the reconstruction of historical events is the materials of archaeological research. The main results of the study are to determine the development vectors of the Bulgarian urban structures in the general historical context. The influence of the urbanization of the Volga Bulgaria on the historical destinies of the Turkic-speaking, Finno-Ugric and Slavic peoples of Eastern Europe is reflected. This is due, among other things, to the fact that the Volga Bulgaria in the 10th century became the northernmost Muslim region on the periphery of the Islamic world. A comparative analysis was carried out with the processes of urbanization taking place in Russia in the same chronological period. The materials of the article can be useful for specialists dealing with medieval history and archeology of Eastern Europe, as well as in the reconstruction of ethno-cultural processes that led to the formation of state entities