This time the move toward the Khazar Empire was to cost him his head.

The collapse of the Khazar Empire followed soon after their conversion.

From 7th century to 10th century, Georgia was part of the Khazar empire.

They were the frontier stones of the Khazar Empire, the boundary markers.

During the 8th and 9th centuries, Kiev was an outpost of the Khazar empire.

At least during the 8th and 9th centuries Kiev functioned as an outpost of the Khazar empire.

However it was absorbed by the Khazar Empire in 668 AD.

During his reign he destroyed the Khazar Empire and for a short time conquered what is now Bulgaria.

In 965 the Rus' destroyed the Khazar empire.

Brook believes that during the 8th and 9th centuries Kiev functioned as an outpost of the Khazar empire.