From nomads to empire: the first conquests of the Ottomans
Screex The birth of a new power on the wreckage of old empires In 1265, with the death of Hulagu Khan, the grandson of Genghis Khan, a new phase in the…
Why were the Kipchaks called Polovtsians in Rus?
The Kipchaks became the progenitors of several modern Turkic peoples, although they did not survive as a separate people, but became part of other Turkic peoples. For example, the tribe…
Are the Kyrgyz Turks or Turkicized Mongols?
The history of the Kyrgyz is more confusing than that of any Turkic people. Primarily because we do not know whether or not they are related to the ancient bearers…
The Adventures of the Zhuzhans and the Mystery of the Origin of the Avars of the Avar Kaganate
This story began with the fact that in 439 the Ashin Turks moved with five hundred families to the Jujans. Further for some time Turkuts and Zhuzhans peacefully coexisted. However,…
North Caucasian history of the Kipchaks
The Kipchaks first appeared in the North Caucasus in the pre-Christian period. These people were called "Ilk-kypchaklar" in this region, which means the first Kipchaks. In the 11th century, other…
Kimak Khaganate — contemporary of Khazar Khaganate and opponent of Russia
The president is right. And a victory over Khazar Khaganate is a very important achievement of ancient Slavs on a way to the power. But Khazar Khaganate is only one…
Cossacks — heirs of the Khazar Kaganate
The powerful medieval Khazar state disappeared almost without a trace. For a long time it was generally considered semi-mythical. The 500-year history of the vast and powerful state in the…
Dzungaria: a mysterious enemy of Russia and China
The Oirats are considered the heirs of Genghis Khan. They lived in a vast country stretching from the Kazakh steppes to Tibet. The first mention of the Dzungars (or as…
«Yedigey — the last strong khan of the Golden Horde»: could return the former power
"Everything has an end and everything has a beginning" - not without reason so says a very famous saying. And the Mongol Empire - a powerful steppe power, the greatest…
«Kalmyk Khanate»: Russia’s adversaries turned allies
The Kalmyk Khanate, which existed from 1633 to 1771, was the successor of such irreconcilable opponents of Russia as the Nogai Horde and the Oirat Khanate. But history has arranged…