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  1. Pechenegs

    Eastern Europe , showing the area of main Pecheneg settlement, c.1015. The Pechenegs or Patzinaks lang ... and lang tr bacanak . According to Kashgari, Pechenegs are one of Oghuz Turks Traditional tribal organization ... Kurumu Bas mevi. ISBN 975 16 0405 2, Cilt I, sayfa 57 ref Whatever the truth of this, the Pechenegs ..., Talmat of the seventh, Chopon of the eighth, Tzopon. At the time at which the Pechenegs were expelled ... sources In the Armenian chronicles of Matthew of Edessa Pechenegs are mentioned a couple of times ... Adana , which is far away from the lands where Pechenegs were then mainly living to the aid of the Christians ... century, the Byzantine Empire Byzantines became allied with the Pechenegs, using them to fend ... peoples Turkic steppe people, eventually expelled the Pechenegs from their homeland in the process ... and Karluks was also pressing the Pechenegs, but another group, the Samanid s, defeated that alliance. Driven further west by the Khazars and Cuman people Cumans by 889, the Pechenegs in turn drove the Magyars west of the Dnieper River by 892. Bulgarians Bulgarian Tsar Simeon I employed the Pechenegs to help fend off the Magyars. The Pechenegs were so successful that they drove out the Magyars ... . Late history and decline From the 9th century AD, the Pechenegs started an uneasy relationship ... sometimes escalated into full scale wars like the 920 war on the Pechenegs by Igor of Kiev reported ... by Igor . ref Ibn Haukal describes the Pechenegs as the long standing allies of the Rus , whom ... . ref In 968, the Pechenegs Siege of Kiev 968 attacked and then besieged the city of Kiev . Part ... of 970&ndash 971, though eventually the Pechenegs ambushed and killed the Kievan prince in 972, and according ... of Pereyaslav upon the site of his victory over the Pechenegs, ref The chronicler explains the town ... glory from the Pechenegs. ref but were followed by the defeat of the Pechenegs during the reign of Yaroslav I the Wise 1037 . Shortly afterwards, the decimated Pechenegs were replaced in the Pontic steppe ...   more details



  1. Berende

    Berende may refer to Berendei , a Pechenegs Pecheneg tribe Berende, Pernik Province , a village in Bulgaria Berende, Sofia Province , a village in Bulgaria Berende Izvor , a village in Bulgaria geodis ...   more details



  1. Battle of Beroia

    people as an independent force. Background In 1091 , the Pechenegs had invaded the Byzantine ... . This defeat had meant the almost total extinction of all the Pechenegs who had taken part in the expedition however, some Pechenegs had remained behind. Attacked again in 1094 by the Cumans , many Pechenegs were slain or absorbed. Yet even so, they still had not yet been absorbed by neighbouring peoples. In 1122, Pechenegs from the Russian steppes invaded the Byzantine Empire by crossing ... took place with the connivance of Vladimir Monomakh 1113 1125 , the ruler of Kiev . The Pechenegs ... army as soon as possible. Meanwhile the Pechenegs had set up a wagon laager near the city of Stara ... them a treaty that was favourable to their interests. The Pechenegs were taken in by this deception ... Palace Guard of the Byzantine Emperors, the Pechenegs were forced back. The Varangians hacked their way ... the Pechenegs as an independent force. For some time, significant communities of Pechenegs still remained in Hungary , but eventually the Pechenegs ceased to be a distinct people and were assimilated ... the Pechenegs and later the Hungarians ensured that much of the Balkan peninsula would remain Byzantine ... Battles involving the Byzantine Empire Category Komnenos dynasty Category Kipchaks Category Pechenegs ...   more details



  1. Metiga

    Unreferenced date March 2009 Metiga was a Pecheneg ruler who allied himself with Vladimir I of Kiev around the year 988 CE. Metiga assisted with the capture of Cherson theme Cherson by Vladimir, who converted to Christianity shortly after the town s fall to his forces. Category Kievan Rus Category Pechenegs Category Turkic rulers Russia hist stub ...   more details



  1. Pecheneg (disambiguation)

    Pecheneg may refer to Pechenegs , semi nomadic Turkic tribe Pecheneg machine gun , Russian machine gun disambig Short pages monitor This long comment was added to the page to prevent it being listed on Special Shortpages. It and the accompanying monitoring template were generated via Template Longcomment. Please do not remove the monitor template without removing the comment as well. ...   more details



  1. Siege of Kiev (968)

    towards the river. The Pechenegs, thinking that Svyatoslav was returning with his great army ... and arrows for Pretich s armor. As soon as the Pechenegs retreated, Olga sent a letter to Svyatoslav ... speedily returned to Kiev and thoroughly defeated the Pechenegs, who were still threatening the city ... in present day Romania . References Vasily Vasilievsky . Byzantium and the Pechenegs ... Battles involving Kievan Rus Category Pechenegs ka 968 ru 968 uk ...   more details



  1. Pecheneg language

    Refimprove date March 2009 Infobox language name Pecheneg nativename Pe enek states flag Crimea region Krym extinct 12th century ref name linguist http linguistlist.org forms langs LLDescription.cfm?code xpc Linguist List ref familycolor Altaic fam1 Turkic languages Turkic fam2 Oghuz languages Oghuz fam3 ? iso3 xpc Pecheneg language is the extinct Turkic languages Turkic language spoken by the Pechenegs in Eastern Europe. It is most likely a member of the Oghuz languages Oghuz branch of the Turkic family, but the poor documentation to it and the absence of any descendant languages of Pecheneg has prevented linguists from making a accurate classification most experts would be fairly confident in placing it among the Oghuz languages, but would refuse to classify it further. References references See also Pechenegs Krymchak language Khorasani Turkish language Gagauz language Turkish language Bulgar language Turkic languages Category Extinct languages of Europe Category Pechenegs Category Turkic languages lang stub az P n k dili bg cs Pe en tina eo Pe enega lingvo fa fr Petch n gue ko hr Pe ene ki jezik it Lingua pecenega kk mk ru th tr Pe enek e uk bat smg Pe enegu kalba ...   more details



  1. Kuchug

    Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date February 2009 Kuchug was a Pecheneg Khan title khan who ruled during the 990s CE. The Nikol sk Chronicle relates that Kuchug converted to Christianity around the year 990. Category Pechenegs Category Turkic rulers Category Converts to Christianity Category 10th century people Noble stub Russia hist stub ...   more details



  1. Yabaku

    Yabaku is a fairly enigmatic tribe out of ten prominent T rkic tribes enumerated by Mahmud al Kashgari Mahmut Kashgari 11th century in the list describing the location of the T rkic polities from the borders of Greece to the borders of China in the following sequence Pechenegs Bechen Pechenegs Badjinak , Kyfchak Kipchaks Kipchak , Oghuz Rayon Oguz , Kimek Yemek Kimek , Bashgyrt Bashkirs Bashkort , Basmyl , Kay tribe Kai , Yabaku , Tatars , Kyrgyz people Kyrgyz . Mahmud al Kashgari Mahmut Kashgari noted that the tribes Kai, Yabaku , Tatar, and Basmyl are bilingial, speaking in T rkic alongside their own languages, while Kyrgyzes, Kyfchaks, Oguzes... have their own T rkic languages, and the languages of Yemeks and Bashkirs Bashkirts are close to them. ref M.Zakiev, Origin of T rks and Tatars , p.69, 192, Moscow, Insan , 2002, ISBN 5 85840 317 4 ru icon ref References reflist See also History of Kyrgyzstan History of Kazakhstan History of China Category Ethnic groups in Kyrgyzstan Category Turkic tribes ethno group stub az Yabakular tr Yabaku ...   more details



  1. Battle of Levounion

    Byzantines br 40,000 Cumans br 5,000 Vlachs br 500 Flemish mercenaries strength2 80,000 Pechenegs ... force of Pechenegs was heavily defeated by the combined forces of the Byzantine Empire under Alexios ... or 1091, Emir Chaka of Smyrna suggested an alliance with the Pechenegs in order to completely destroy ... , p. 617. ref Pechenegs invade In the spring of 1087, news reached the Byzantine court of a huge invasion from the north. The invaders were Pechenegs from the north west Black Sea region it was reported ... him in battle against the Pechenegs. Battle Won over by Alexios offer of gold in return for aid against the Pechenegs, the Cumans hurried to join Alexios and his army. In the late spring of 1091, the Cuman forces arrived in Byzantine territory, and the combined army prepared to advance against the Pechenegs ... near the Maritsa river. The Pechenegs appear to have been caught by surprise. At any rate, the battle that took place on the next morning at Levounion was practically a massacre. The Pechenegs had brought ... all in their path. The Pechenegs quickly collapsed, and the victorious allies butchered them so ... that now at last the empire was on the road to recovery. The Pechenegs had been utterly destroyed ... the Byzantine Empire Levounion Category Komnenos dynasty Category Kipchaks Category Pechenegs Category ...   more details



  1. Saltovo-Mayaki

    Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Saltovo Mayaki is the name given by archaeologist s to the early medieval culture of the Black Sea Pontic steppe region roughly between the Don River, Russia Don and the Dnieper River s. Their culture was a melting pot of Onogurs Onogur , Khazars Khazar , Pechenegs Pecheneg , Magyars Magyar , Alans Alan , and Slavic peoples Slavic influences. During the ninth century the Saltovo Mayaki culture was closely associated with the Khazar Khaganate, and archaeological sites from this period are one way that historians track the geographic scope of Khazar influence. Khazaria Category Eurasian nomads Category History of Ukraine Euro hist stub Ethno stub be ru uk ...   more details



  1. Kurya (khan)

    Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Kurya was the name of a Pecheneg Khan title khan who allied with Svyatoslav I of Kiev in his campaigns in the Balkans . Later, after Svyatoslav s defeat by the Byzantine Empire , Kurya ambushed and killed the Kievan Rus Kievan king at Khortitsa . According to the Chronicle of Bygone Years , Kurya had Svyatoslav s skull cup skull made into a goblet . Kurya appears as a villain in the 2006 animated film Prince Vladimir film Prince Vladimir . DEFAULTSORT Kurya Category Kievan Rus Category Pechenegs Category Turkic rulers Ukraine hist stub es Kurya kan fr Kurya lt Kuria ru uk ...   more details



  1. Kangar union

    word and in the west as Bajanaks Lat. Pechenegs Besenyo , Greek Pechenegs Patzinacs , Slavic Pechenezi , Pechenegs whose self designation was Kangar. ref P.Golubovsky, Pechenegs, Torks, and Polovetses ... branch of the Kangars, known in the west under the name of their allied tribe of Pechenegs , captured ...   more details



  1. Chorni Klobuky

    Chorni Klobuky Ukrainian language Ukrainian Black Hats Hoods Turkic languages Turkic Karakalpak or Qaraqalpaq were a group of semi nomadic Turkic peoples Turkic tribes that settled on the frontier between the Rus people Rus states and the Pechenegs and later the Cuman s during the 11th century and 12th century CE. They fought as mercenaries for various Rus princes, forming most of the cavalry for the fledgling Rus armies. Several tribes are named as probable Chernye Klobuki, including the Berendei and Torkils . Their name means Black Hats or Black Hoods , and in Turkic languages it is Karakalpak presumably this refers to their national costume. It is unclear whether the Chernye Klobuki are related to the Karakalpaks of today. ref citation title Armies of Medieval Russia author David Nicolle , Angus McBride year 2001 publisher Osprey Publishing url http books.google.com ?id FyfXPN4nhNQC&pg PA21&lpg PA21&dq 22Chernye Klobuki 22 id ISBN 1855328488 isbn 9781855328488 ref The name Chernye Klobuki appears in the chronicles of Kievan Rus at the end of the 11th century, when they settled primarily south of Kiev and Pereiaslav . In the 12th century many of these tribes became sedentary and town based. Many of the Chernye Klobuki settled just southwest of Kiev eventually these were assimilated into the population of what would become Ukraine , leaving behind Turkic languages Turkic village names as i.e. Karabachyn in Zhytomyr oblast and some Turkic anthropological features among some Ukrainians from these areas. fact date December 2010 The last remnants of them were crushed by the Mongols just before the Siege of Kiev 1240 battle of Kiev in 1240. References references Category Turkic peoples Category Pechenegs Category Kipchaks Category Mercenary units and formations Category History of Ukraine Ukraine hist stub ethno group stub bg es Chorni Klobuki ja pl Czarni K obucy ru uk ...   more details



  1. Kankalis

    Kankalis or Qanqlis or Kangly Kangl were a Turkic people of Eurasia . They were three ruling clans of Pechenegs . ref Constantine Porphyrogenitus, ca 950, De Administrando Imperio , http faculty.washington.edu dwaugh rus texts constp.html ref They first appear on history as minor branch of ancient Oghuz Turks . They formed one of the five sections which Oghuz khan divided his subjects. After the fall of Pecheneg Khanate in early 10th century, the role of Kankali Turks became prominent. They were closely related to Kypchaks . ref Thomas T Allsen, Prelude to the western campaigns Mongol military operations in the Volga Ural region, 1217 1237, Architum Eurasiae Medii Aevi, pp. 5 24 ref They may have been a separate nomadic people earlier but the Turkic peoples in Pontic Steppe become assimilated to each other by the 13th century. Many Kankali warriors joined the Khwarezmid Empire in the 11th century. They suffered Mongol invasion of Central Asia heavy losses from Genghis Khan in 1219 1223. For example, Kankalis in Bukhara who were higher than a wheel were all slain. Jochi subdued their relations who still lived along the land of Kyrgyz people Kyrghyz and Kipchak steppes in 1225. Khwarizmi Kankali remnants submitted to Great Khan Ogedei after the long resistance under Jalal ad Din Mingburnu against his general Chormaqan and governor Chin temur. After the Mongol conquest, the remaining Kankalis were absorbed into other Turkic peoples Turks and Mongols . Some of them who served in the Yuan Dynasty became Kharchin s. There are Kankali clans among the Kazakhs , the Uzbegs , the Nogais and the Karakalpaks . References Rashiduddin Fazlullah s Jami u t tawarikh By Rash d al D n ab b , translated and edited by Wheeler McIntosh Thackston The Mongols. A History By Jeremiah Curtin Reflist See also Oghuz Turks Kypchaks Kharchin Kangju Category Turkic peoples Category Eurasian nomads Category Pechenegs Category History of the Turkic peoples ko zh hu Kangarok ...   more details



  1. Khalyzians

    1901 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia See also B sz rm ny Kankalis a clan of Pechenegs Beseny Qarays and Karaim ...   more details



  1. John Bogas

    John Ioan Bogas was a 10th century Byzantine general. In 917 he was sent to the Pechenegs to form an alliance against Bulgaria but although he was able to bribe some of their tribal leaders, the Byzantine admiral Romanus I Romanus Lecapenus did not manage to ferry them across the Danube . In the same time the whole Byzantine army was destroyed in the Battle of Achelous 917 battle of Anchialus by the Bulgarians under Emperor Simeon I of Bulgaria Simeon the Great . After their return to Constantinople , Bogas and Romanos were among the nobles who were blamed for the defeat. John was a very noble man. References Theophanes Continuatus, ed. Bekker, pp. 388 90. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Bogas, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Bogas, John Category Byzantine generals Category 10th century Byzantine people Category Byzantine people of the Byzantine Bulgarian Wars Byzantine bio stub es Juan Bogas ...   more details



  1. Leo II Mung

    orphan date April 2010 Expand section Who proceeded him who followed him more details of his time in power, etc. date September 2008 Leo II Mung was the Archbishop of Ochrid from 1108 1120. During this time Bulgaria was under the rule of the Byzantine Empire and often attacked by Pechenegs and other barbarian tribes. Leo commissioned the making of a famous icon of the Virgin Mary Virgin . References http www.soros.org.mk konkurs 076 angver Bogorodica,12 vek.html Refimprove date August 2007 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Leo 02 Mung ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Leo 02 Mung Category 11th century bishops Category Archbishops of Ohrid Byzantine bio stub EasternOrthodox bishop stub bg mk ...   more details



  1. Palóc

    Unreferenced date November 2007 The Pal c are a subgroup of Hungarians in Northern Hungary . While Pal cs have retained distinctive traditions, including a very apparent dialect of Hungarian language Hungarian , Pal cs are also Magyars ethnic Hungarians by general consensus. Although their origins are unclear, the Pal c seem to be the descendants of the Khazar , Kabar , Pechenegs and Cuman tribes. The Cumans, who were called Polovtsy in Slav sources, which later became Pal c . Although similar to the Hungarians in origins and culture, they were considered distinct groups by the Turkic people Turks . The first written record of the word pal c as the name of a people appears in the Mez k vesd register in 1784. The writings of K lm n Miksz th gave new prominence to the people in 1882 with his work The Good People of Pal c . The Pal c village of Holl k was proclaimed a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987. Category Ethnic groups in Hungary Hungary stub de Pal czen hu Pal cok ja sr ...   more details



  1. Krakra of Pernik

    for the village Krakra, Bulgaria Image Pernik Krakra sculpture closeup.jpg right thumb 250px Statue of Krakra in Pernik Image Krakra fortress Bulgaria 6.jpg right thumb 250px Ruins of Krakra s fortress near Pernik Krakra of Pernik lang bg , Krakra Pernishki , also known as Krakra Voevoda or simply Krakra , was an 11th century feudal lord in the First Bulgarian Empire whose domain encompassed 36 fortresses in what is today southwestern Bulgaria , with his capital at Pernik . He is known for heroically resisting Byzantine Empire Byzantine sieges on multiple occasions as the Byzantines overran the Bulgarian Empire. Krakra was a man remarkable in military affairs and a high ranking bolyarin , possibly governor of the Sredets comitatus , under the Tsar s Samuil of Bulgaria Samuil , Gavril Radomir of Bulgaria Gavril Radomir and Ivan Vladislav of Bulgaria Ivan Vladislav . His name appears in the historical annals in connection to a Byzantine military campaign in the Bulgarian lands in 1003, when Samuil s army was crushed at the Vardar and the Byzantines captured Skopje . As Basil II s forces headed to seize Sofia Sredets , however, in 1004 they came up against Krakra s well defended fortress of Pernik and the emperor was forced to return to Constantinople after sustaining heavy losses. In 1016, another campaign by Basil II was stopped by Krakra at Pernik after an unsuccessful 88 day Byzantine siege. As the Byzantine Bulgarian conflict continued, Krakra and Ivan Vladislav looked for Pechenegs Pecheneg support for a large scale Bulgarian campaign against the Byzantines and initially pe suaded the Pechenegs to collaborate in the winter of 1016&ndash 1017. However, the Byzantine governor of Silistra Dorystolon learned about the plan and notified Basil II. Upon hearing this, the Pechenegs declined to take part, effectively ruining the Bulgarian plans. Following the death of Ivan Vladislav at Dyrrhachium in early 1018, Basil II entered the Bulgarian territory in ...   more details



  1. Bulgarian?Hungarian Wars

    prolonged the peace talks. In the meantime he allied with the Pechenegs simultaneously launched ... and Bulgaria in April 934 and April 943. The blows suffered at the hands of the Pechenegs and Bulgarians ... feared the Pechenegs, who were used by the Bulgarians to keep the Hungarians in check. When, early in the 10th century, Byzantine envoys urged the Hungarian leaders to attack the Pechenegs, their proposal ... had no intention of reoccupying the Etelk z, now held by the Pechenegs as far as the Danube delta. They tried to preserve peaceful relations with the Pechenegs so that they would be free to concentrate on more westerly targets. The Pechenegs, for their part, preferred to raid the richer lands of the Bulgarians ... empire gradually fell apart, and the two old enemies, the Hungarians and the Pechenegs, pursued ... with the Pechenegs against the Bulgarians. The painful consequences of the alliance of Bulgarians and Pechenegs in 895 were still fresh in the Hungarians memory. As long as the Pechenegs remained ...   more details



  1. Berendei

    Pechenegs coz, since they are not called by the name of the nomad cuz people Oghuz Turks Y r ks ... County Teleorman county, around the town of Ro iorii de Vede , together with de Pechenegs, Uzs ...   more details



  1. Belgorod Kievsky

    Bilhorod Kyivsky lang uk lang ru , Belgorod Kievsky was a city castle of Kievan Rus on the right bank of Irpin River . The city was quite prominent in the 10th 12th centuries but ceased to exist after 1240 destruction of Kiev by the Mongol invasion of Rus Mongols . Currently there is a small village of Bilohorodka , Kiev Oblast near the location of the defunct city ref name den http www.day.kiev.ua 178195 by Vladimir Gripas Den 2 March 2007 ru icon ref ref http dic.academic.ru dic.nsf enc3p 69010 Belgorod Kievsky article in the Great Academic Dictionary ru icon ref ref name deadcities http dead cities.ru city belgorod kiev article on the site of Defunct cities of Russia ru icon ref . The city is first mentioned in chronicles in 980 ref name den ref name deadcities . In 991 Vladimir I of Kiev built there his castle ref name deadcities . According to the chronicle Bilhorod was the favourite residence of Vladimir I who moved there a lot of his people including his three hundred concubines ref name deadcities . The right bank of the Irpin River was the land of Drevlyans who resisted Kievan Princes, thus, establishing of the castle might be intended to consolidate the power of Kiev over the drevlians. The castle also protected Kiev from the nomads of the Great Steppe ref name den . In 997 the new castle survived the long siege by Pechenegs and protected Kiev from Pechenegs attack ref name den ref name deadcities . According to the Primary Chronicle there was a famine in the city during the siege and the residents assembled a veche or assembly to decide whether they should surrender to pechenegs. Veche decided to continue the defence of the city that eventually led to the victory ref . . http www.textology.ru public anikin d28 161 172.pdf 997 6505 . ref . It was the first mention ...   more details



  1. Paristrion

    on, the region faced the continuous raids of the Pechenegs . The population was withdrawn to a few large fortified centres, and the Pechenegs were allowed to settle in the province as allies and colonists ... a vibrant trade . It was not until the early 1070s that the Pechenegs launched an open rebellion , and posed ...   more details



  1. Battle of Kiev

    The Battle of Kiev may refer to one of two battles of World War II Battle of Kiev 1941 , when two German Panzer Groups encircled a Soviet army in the city Battle of Kiev 1943 , when the city was liberated by the Soviet 1st Ukrainian Front Kiev was besieged on numerous occasions, the most notable being Siege of Kiev 968 by the Pechenegs Sack of Kiev 1169 by the Suzdalians Sack of Kiev 1240 by the Mongols under Batu Khan Other battles for Kiev include Three Polish Kiev Expeditions Kiev Expedition 1013 almost nothing is known about it, but for its background see prelude in the 1018 expedition article Kiev Expedition 1018 Kiev Expedition 1069 Battle on the Irpen River 1331 Kiev Offensive 1917 1918 during the Ukrainian Soviet War Kiev Offensive January 1919 during the Ukrainian Soviet War Kiev Offensive December 1919 during the Ukrainian Soviet War Kiev Offensive 1920 during the Polish Soviet War Disambig de Schlacht um Kiew fr Bataille de Kiev hu Kijevi csata egy rtelm s t lap pl Bitwa o Kij w ru sk Bitka o Kyjev sv Slaget vid Kiev tr Kiev Muharebesi ...   more details




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