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Between the 8th and 11th  centuries there existed in Central Asia an empire powerful enough to rival that of the Byzantines, the Arabs, or the emerging Rus and European states. Khazar, a nation of Oghuric Turks, speaking a Chuvash dialect, played a pivotal role in history. They are described as “their complexions white, their eyes blue, their hair flowing and predominantly reddish...” (Koestler, p. 19). The empire eventually decayed and its inhabitants scattered though it left behind a legacy stronger than any evidenced by political ..

http://econc10.bu.edu/economic_systems/NatIdentity/FSU/Caucasus/khazaria.htm