Cumans
Turkic nomadic people
Summary
The Cumans or Kumans were a Turkic nomadic people from Central Asia comprising the western branch of the Cuman–Kipchak confederation who spoke the Cuman language. They are referred to as Polovtsians (Polovtsy) in Rus' chronicles, as "Cumans" in Western sources, and as "Kipchaks" in Eastern sources.
Originally created by Bogdangiusca
8/23/2004, 10:00:04 AM
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/* Cuman */ Fixing style/layout errors
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/* History */
Not in the source.
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Kipchaks and Polovetes are ancestors of Kumyks too
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They did not influence the Kingdom of Serbia, nor did they settle, nor were there any Serbian rulers of Cuman origin. Serbia and the Balkan are mentioned in the first few paragraphs, but Poland, whose Middle Ages cannot be imagined without mentioning Cuman, is completely omitted from the text.
