Samandar (city)

For the modern urban-type settlement in Dagestan, see Semender.

Samandar (also Semender) was a city in Khazaria (c. 650–969 CE) on the western shore of the Caspian Sea in the North Caucasus. It was the second capital of Khazaria for a brief period in the 8th century. The exact location of Samandar has not been identified; it is generally assumed to be in what is now Dagestan in southern Russia.

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