Since I saw some interest in the comments on FB and the Western sources are limited, at least compared to those available in Russian, I decided to write on Khazar Khaganate. There are some things I can already state with certainty. An appetizer to get you interested.
Khazar Khaganate (KK) was basically USA of it's time. Giant, young empire, formed by different tribes all run by an elite who converted to Rabbinic Judaism and constantly received letters and visits from jews supervising how things went.
KK was polyglot, polyethnic and polytheistic i.e. it had a mix of native all three abrahamic religions (primarily muslim, with above-mentioned Judaistic rulers) and some pagan Tengrian leftovers. Was praised as a land of religious tolerance where marginals fled from Europe. It was also a slave center of it's time. We are speaking white, European slaves of course.
And there's a theory (one I support) that the majority of modern Ashkenazi Jews are descended from Khazarian diaspora which migrated westward to Cental and Western Europe after the empire was crushed by Sviatoslav the Brave, the last pagan king of Rus.
This is indeed an interesting topic. One I want to cover properly which means it will take a while to prepare properly.
Khazar Khaganate (KK) was basically USA of it's time. Giant, young empire, formed by different tribes all run by an elite who converted to Rabbinic Judaism and constantly received letters and visits from jews supervising how things went.
KK was polyglot, polyethnic and polytheistic i.e. it had a mix of native all three abrahamic religions (primarily muslim, with above-mentioned Judaistic rulers) and some pagan Tengrian leftovers. Was praised as a land of religious tolerance where marginals fled from Europe. It was also a slave center of it's time. We are speaking white, European slaves of course.
And there's a theory (one I support) that the majority of modern Ashkenazi Jews are descended from Khazarian diaspora which migrated westward to Cental and Western Europe after the empire was crushed by Sviatoslav the Brave, the last pagan king of Rus.
This is indeed an interesting topic. One I want to cover properly which means it will take a while to prepare properly.