Talk:Bulgarians/@comment-178.66.127.190-20191109123521/@comment-34236415-20191206084207

Well, the Bulgars should share architecture style and units with the huns. You know, the use of tarkan (elite horsemen) was well documented in the khanate era. However, as the ages passed, the tzardom developed a more distinct Slavic culture and military system that mimicked the Byzantine one (incl. the pronoia system in the late Middle Ages).

But the same, I guess, can be said by the Salvs (Medieval Rus) - early in their history their army and political elite was built up by the Varangians (Vikings), which were slowly assimilated into Slavic culture and by the late Middle Ages adopted military style more suited for the Eurasian steppes.