Kipchaks
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The Kipchaks, also spelled Qipchaqs, known as Polovtsians in Russian sources, were Turkic nomads and then a confederation that existed in the Middle Ages inhabiting parts of the Eurasian Steppe.
A Safavid depiction of the Padishah (Emperor) of Dast-i Qipchaq ("Steppe of the Kipchaks"). Tabriz or Qavin, circa 1550. British Museum, Padishah (Emperor) of Dast-i Qipchaq, (1550). Possible portrait of Kazakh khan
Kipchak portrait in a 12th-century balbal in Luhansk.
Reproduction of a 13-14th century Tatar helmet and mask found in Lipovets, without a chainmail aventail.
Facial reconstruction of Kipchak from 14th-century grave
Pechenegs
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The Pechenegs or Patzinaks, were a semi-nomadic Turkic people from Central Asia who spoke the Pecheneg language. In the 9th and 10th centuries, the Pechenegs controlled much of the steppes of southeas
Kipchaks
…ethnic assimilation and consolidation process took place between the 11th and 13th centuries. The western Kipchak tribes absorbed people of Oghuz, Pecheneg, ancient Bashkir, Bulgar and other origin; the eastern Kipchak merged with the Kimek, Karluk, Kara-Khitai and others. They were all identified by the…
The Pechenegs slaughter the Varangian army of Rus, from the Madrid Skylitzes.
Court of Seljuk ruler Tughril III, circa 1200 CE.
Europe 1097
Sviatoslav enters Bulgaria with Pecheneg allies, from the Constantine Manasses Chronicle.