Kipchaks
Kypchaks or Kipchaks are an ancient Turkic people, first mentioned in historical chronicles of Central Asia in the 1st millennium BC. Other names for them include Kuman (the western branch), Kun and Polovtsian (pl. Polovtsy).
Over time they migrated from western Mongolia towards eastern Europe. The Golden Horde was also named Kipchak Khanate.
They arrived in the steppes from the northern shore of the Black Sea during the 12th century, under the pressure of the Mongols. They were pushed out of Inner Mongolia into Khorasan, the Desht'i Kipchak (the Kumans' plains) and into Pannonia.
Finally, they disapeared, assimilated by the indigenous peoples.
The modern Northwestern Turkic languages are named after the Kipchaks.
Some of the descendents of the Kipchaks are now known as Karaims.
See also
Kypchak is also a name of Kazakh tribe, see also tribalism. There are many Kazakhs of Kypchak tribe in modern Kazakhstan.
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