KHAZARS - THE FORGOTTEN ˝JEWISH˝ NATION

Hazari so bili srednjeveško polnomadsko ljudstvo turškega izvora, ki so se v času od 7. do 11. stoletja naselili na področju današnje zahodne Rusije, vzhodne Ukrajine, Azerbajdţana in delih Gruzije. Bili so ena izmed najnaprednejših civilizacij in so predstavljali vez med islamski nomadskimi ljudstvi in Bizantinskim cesarstvom. V diplomski nalogi je kronološko predstavljen čas pred nastankom hazarske drţave, čas obstoja, njene politične in gospodarske značilnosti. Poseben poudarek naloge je namenjen najpomembnejšemu dogodku v kratkem obstoju te drţave – sprejetju judovstva kot drţavne vere. The Khazars were a medieval semi-nomadic Turkic people who in the period from the 7th to the 11th century settled in the area of present-day western Russia, eastern Ukraine, Azerbaijan and parts of Georgia. They were one of the most advanced civilizations and represented a link between the Islamic nomadic peoples and the Byzantine Empire. In this diploma thesis in chronological order represented are the time before the existence of the Khazar state, the time of existence, its political and economic characteristics. Special emphasis is aimed to the most important event in the short existence of this country – the acceptance of Judaism as a state religion.