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HISTORY Nomadic Turkic people, known in Russian as ''Polovtsi'', coming from the region of the River Irtysh , conquered what is present day southern Ukraine and Russia in the 11th Century and founded a Nomad ic state in the Steppe s along the Black Sea (''Desht-i Qipchaq''). They invaded the territory of Moldavia , Wallachia and part of Transylvania in the 11th century, and from there they continued their plundering of the Byzantine Empire and the Kingdom Of Hungary . In 1089 , they were defeated by Ladislaus I Of Hungary , again by Russian Prince Vladimir Monomakh in the 12th Century , and finally crushed by the Mongol s in 1241 . After the breakup of the Mongol Empire , the Kipchaks were part of the khanate comprising present-day Russia , Ukraine , and Kazakhstan , called the Golden Horde . Members of the Bahri Dynasty , the first dynasty of Mamelukes in Egypt , were Kipchaks, one the most prominent examples being Sultan Baybars , born in Solhat , Crimea . MODERN TIMES The modern Northwestern Turkic Language s are named after the Kipchaks. Some of the descendants of the Kipchaks are now known as Siberian Tatars , Nogays , Kazakhs , Tatars (partly), Crimean Tatars (partly), Karachays (partly), Krymchaks , Karaims (partly), Kumyks (partly). Kipchak is also the name of a Kazakh Tribe within modern-day Kazakhstan . There is also a village named 'Kipchak' existent in Crimea . OTHER The region of Kipchakia spanning a large area between Central Asia and the Caucasus is named after the Kipchaks. The word "kipchak" is found in traditional Oghuz Khan Epics. SEE ALSO
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