Idel-Ural
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Idel-Ural (Tatar Cyrillic: Идел-Урал, Latin: İdel-Ural, Russian: Идель-Урал) is a historical region in Eastern Europe, in what is today Russia. The name literally means Volga-Urals in the Tatar language. The frequently used Russian variant is Volgo-Uralye (Russian: Волго-Уралье).
The term Idel-Ural is often used to designate 6 republics of Russia of this region: Bashkortostan, Chuvashia, Mari El, Mordovia, Tatarstan, Udmurtia, especially in Tatar-language literature.
Before the absorption by Muscovite Russia in the 16th century the region belonged to Khazars, Volga Bulgaria, Golden Horde and Khanate of Kazan.
Idel-Ural is included to Povolzhye region, also known Volga area in English.
