The Suars (also known as Suvar) were a Turkic-speaking people, probably of Hunnish descent, who lived in Eastern Europe in Middle Ages. Many historians consider the Huns (meaning person in Mongolian language) the first Mongolian and Turkic people mentioned in European history. ...

Tatar scholars claim that the Suars were a branch of the Sabirs who migrated to the Middle Volga in the 8th century CE. It is well established that one of the major cities of Volga Bulgaria was called Suar or Suwar, and that this city formed the center for a sub-kingdom, the Suar Duchy. The Sabir people inhabited the Caspian depression prior to the arrival of the Avars. ... For other meanings of the word Volga see Volga (disambiguation) Волга Length 3,690 km Elevation of the source 225 m Average discharge  ? m³/s Area watershed 1. ... Volga Bulgaria or Volga-Kama Bolghar, is a historic state that existed between the 7th and 13th centuries around the confluence of the Volga and Kama rivers in what is now the Russian Federation. ...

Today many Chuvash regard the Suars as their ancestors. (Chuvash: Сӑварсем) In the Mari language modern Volga Tatars are called Suas; Chuvash also are known as Suasenmari (which means Suar-icized Mari.) The Chuvash (чăваш [čăwaş]) are the people of Soviet Union, according to the census of 1989; 907,000 of these were actually in Chuvashia. ... Chuvash language [CHOO-vahsh] (, also known as Chuwash, Chovash, Chavash or Çuaş) is a Turkic language spoken west of the Urals in central Russia. ... The Mari (also known as Cheremis in Russian and Çirmeş in Tatar) are a Volga-Finnic people in the Volga area, the natives of Mari El, Russia. ... Tatars or Tartars is a collective name applied to the Turkic-speaking people of Europe and Asia. ... The Chuvash (чăваш [čăwaş]) are the people of Soviet Union, according to the census of 1989; 907,000 of these were actually in Chuvashia. ...

Bibliography

"Suars". Tatar Encyclopedia. Kazan: Tatarstan Republic Academy of Sciences Institution of the Tatar Encyclopaedia, 2002.