Steppe Vendetta, or Mongols against the Kipchaks
Screex Ibn al-Asir, a contemporary of the Mongol conquests, in his account of the first clash between the Mongols and the Kipchaks (1222) reports that Subedei-Bagatur and Dzhebe-noyon sent a letter…
Kazakhs in Paris two hundred years ago
The history of mankind is a multifaceted and curious phenomenon. Everyone knows the circumstances of the Russian Patriotic War against Napoleon Bonaparte. At the same time, our compatriots know little…
Desht-i Kipchak, or Kipchak Khanate
The time and circumstances in which the term "Desht-i-Kypchak" appeared, which we have replaced with "Kypchak el" or "Kypchak Khanate", have always been ambiguously interpreted in historical literature. Some authors…
The Kyrgyz Kaganate was a Turkic state on the Yenisei River
In the IX century, the Kyrgyz, one of the numerous Turkic tribes of Central Asia, created a huge state that stretched from the Yenisei to East Turkestan and from the…
What role the Kipchaks played in the history of Azerbaijan
As it is known, the Turkic world is divided into two main ethno-linguistic communities - Oghuz and Kipchaks (Kipchaks). Both Oguzes and Kipchaks played a significant role in the history…
Kipchaks in the Caucasus: horses and Turks mixed in a pile
Relations with other peoples were, to put it mildly, unstable Yaroslav Pilipchuk continues his series of articles about key periods of Turkic history. Today's column of the Ukrainian historian in…
Scythian sword akinak
The tribes of the Scythians were considered one of the most powerful forces in the territory of West Asia, the Caucasus and the Northern Black Sea region. Their main weapon…
Khan Berke — the wisest ruler of the Golden Horde
The fate of the younger brother of Batyi Khan has always attracted the attention of historians: the first khan of the Genghisid family who converted to Islam became an outstanding…
Sultan Beibars: a native of Crimea who defeated the Crusaders
Everyone knows the saying "From dirt to princes". However, in history, such rises did not happen so often … There is no exact information about the origin of Beibars. It…
Nomads in early medieval Tokharistan
Tokharistan and the Middle Ages … At the end of the 4th century and the first quarter of the 5th century, under the onslaught of nomadic tribes - Ephthalites, Hionites,…