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Atil

This article is about the Khazar capital. For other uses, see Atil (disambiguation).

Atil, also Itil, was the capital of the Khazar Khaganate from the mid-8th century to the late 10th century. It is known historically to have been situated along the Silk Road, on the northern coast of the Caspian Sea, in the Volga Delta region of modern Southern Russia. Its precise location has long been unknown.

Khazaria and Eurasian trade routes in the 8th–11th centuries. Atil was the commercial hub from which routes extended into "Deep Asia". The Varangian (Viking) trade route on the Volga is shown in red; other routes are in orange. The Varangian-Greek route is in purple.

In 2008 a Russian archaeologist claimed to have discovered the remains of Atil in Samosdelka, a village in the Volga Delta approximately 30 km southwest of the city of Astrakhan. This claim has since been disproven.


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أتيل Arabic İdil AZ ایتیل AZB Ітыль BE-X-OLD Итил Bulgarian Itil Catalan Itil Czech Itil (Stadt) German Atil (Rusia) Spanish آتل (شهر) FA

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