Kotrag Explained

Kotrag was according to Nikephoros I of Constantinople a son of Kubrat of the Dulo clan of Bulgars. Following the death of his father, he began to extend the influence of his Bulgars to the Volga River. He is remembered as the founder of Volga Bulgaria.^[1] ^[2] ^[3]

Honour

Kotrag Nunatak on Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named after Kotrag.^[4]
In the Republic of Chuvashia in the village of Shemursha on June 30th 2022, a monument was erected to the founder of the Volga Bulgaria - Khan Kotrag
Later, on January 12th 2023, another monument to Khan Kotrag, was installed in Shiryaev on Popova Hill. The monument was made by the famous Bulgarian sculptor Dishko Dishkov. The official opening is scheduled for spring.^[5]

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News: Bulgar people. Encyclopedia Britannica. 2018-09-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20180904031031/https://www.britannica.com/topic/Bulgar. 2018-09-04. live. en.
Web site: BULGARIAN HELSINKI COMMITTEE. https://web.archive.org/web/20180904030704/http://miris.eurac.edu/mugs2/do/blob.pdf?type=pdf&serial=1075393805246. 2018-09-04. live. 2018-09-04. After the death of Kubrat, however, the newly founded and still unstable state collapsed and the Bulgar tribes started a new diaspora. Part of them settled permanently on the territories of the former Great Bulgaria; others, under the leadership of Kubrat's son Kotrag, headed northward and established themselves in the area of the Volga River. Available historical data points out that in X century the Kotragian Bulgars adopted Islam as their religion while preserving their Turkic language..
Web site: Kotrag Nunatak. SCAR Composite Gazetteer. https://archive.today/20180904031303/https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=134582. 2018-09-04. live. 2018-09-04. Named after Khan Kotrag, founder of the Kingdom of Volga Bulgaria in the 7th Century AD..
Web site: В Татарстане установили памятник хану Контрагу – основателю Волжской Булгарии. bgnews.bulgar-rus.ru. 2023-01-17.