Kipchaks — the lost past: Don Cossacks
Screex In search of the Sary-Kypchak family in the west of the Great Steppe. The Don Cossacks and their Turkic origins is a seemingly obvious topic. This theme has been investigated…
The Kipchaks — the lost past: the annalistically red-haired Turkic Asia
On the basis of the mere fact that Russian chronicles called the Kypchaks Polovtsians, an entire branch of mythology was formed. The previous article "Polovtsian portrait" was devoted to the…
Kipchaks — the lost past: a Cumans portrait
Who are the Kipchaks and why were they called so? The term "Polovtsians" and the corresponding historical designation of the Kipchak people, who inhabited the lands from the Volga to…
The Kipchaks (Polovtsians) are excellent mercenaries
The Kipchaks (Polovtsians) are excellent mercenaries Kypchaks (aka Polovtsians) are Turkic-speaking people, who by conquest were able to occupy the territory of the Pechenegs, reach the Dnieper and the lower…