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Westward Migration of the Cumans

Type Event Region steppe Time 1031–1040

The Cumans (Kipchaks) were Turkic-speaking nomadic tribes who began advancing westward from the Central Asian steppe in the mid-11th century, enterin…

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  1. 1031–1036Lower Volga steppe · Lower VolgaCuman tribes advanced westward from the eastern steppe, coming into conflict with the existing Pecheneg alliance and Ugric peoples, forcing the latter to shift toward the Danube and the northern Black Sea coast.
  2. 1037–1040Steppe of the northern Black Sea coast · northern Black Sea coastAround 1037, the main Cuman forces occupied the steppe between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, becoming the dominant nomadic power in the southern Russian steppe after the Pechenegs, and beginning to come into contact with the principalities of Kievan Rus'.

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