The Khanate of the Ferocious
Screex It seemed that by the XVII century the Mongols were no longer a significant figure on the political map of the world: they were fragmented, deprived of necessary natural resources,…
Military art of the Kipchaks
Many battles with the Kipchak cavalry ended in European defeats. For the first time nomads began to defeat civilization. Why? An unknown enemy When midnight came, Khan Bonyak rode alone…
Kipchaks against the Mongols . Steppe rage
The Kipchaks resisted the Mongol invasion for 20 years. Longest. For 20 years the Mongols stubbornly destroyed the Polovtsians (Kipchaks), those stubbornly resisted. There are two reasons for such fury,…
Kipchaks in China
As a result of tumultuous events in Central Asia in the eleventh century, the Kipchak people were scattered throughout the regions. A number of Kipchak groups headed eastward. At the…
From nomads to empire: the first conquests of the Ottomans
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…