*Numerous Khazar settlements have been discovered in the [[Mayaki-Saltovo]] region. On the [[Dnieper]], the Khazars founded a settlement called Sambat, which was part of what would become the city of [[Kiev]]. [[Chernihiv]] is also thought to have started as a Khazar settlement.
===Tributary and subject nations===
[[Image:Khazar1.png|right|thumb|350px|Map showing approximate extent of the [[Khazar]] [[Khaganate]] (light blue) and its sphere of influence (dark blue) at its height, c. 820 CE. Polity names in white indicate client-states or tribes of Khazaria.]]
Numerous nations were tributaries of the Khazars. A client-king subject to Khazar overlordship was called an "[[Elteber]]". At various times, Khazar vassals included:
'''In the Pontic steppes, Crimea and Turkestan'''
:The [[Pechenegs]] ; the [[Oghuz]]; the [[Crimean Goths]]; the Crimean [[Huns]] ([[Onogurs]]?); the early [[Magyars]]
'''In the Caucasus'''
:[[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]; [[Abkhazia]]; various [[Armenia]]n principalities; [[Arran]]; the [[North Caucasian Huns]]; [[Adjaria|Lazica]]; the [[Caucasian Avars]]; the [[Circassians|Kassogs]]; and the [[Lezgins]].
'''On the Upper Don and Dneiper'''
:Various [[East Slavic]] tribes such as the [[Derevlians]] and the [[Vyatichs]]; various early [[Rus]] polities
'''On the Volga'''
:[[Volga Bulgaria]]; the [[Burtas]]; various [[Finno-Ugrian]] forest tribes such as the [[Mordvins]] and [[Ob-Ugrians]]; the [[Bashkir]]; the [[Barsils]]
