THE POLICY OF THE KHAZAR GOVERNMENT IN THE MIDDLE VOLGA REGION: THE SUVAR FACTOR (THE 1<sup>st</sup> HALF OF THE 10<sup>th</sup> CENTURY)
This article is an attempt to clear up the reasons of refusal of one of tribal groups of the Bulgar community - Suvar - to adopt Islam. Having studied sources, the author comes to the conclusion that there has been secret policy of the Khazar government for the purpose of destroying plans in consolidation of Bulgars in the Middle Volga region under Almysh’s authority. In the author’s opinion, as a result of Khazar intervening into the Volga Bulgaria the Baghdad embassy in 922 remained without financial means, and, as a consequence of Khazar-Suvar relations, the town of Suvar, having become the center of a separate princedom, turns to a powerful competitor to the town of Bulgar.