Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Polovtsian (russian), also known as Kipcheak, Kumans or Kun. Ancient Turk tribe, arrived in the steppes from the northern shore of the Black Sea during the XIIthe century AD, under the pressure of the Mongols. They were pushed out of Inner Mongolia, into Khorassan, the Dest'i Kipcheak (the Kumans' plains) and into Pannonia. Finally, they disapeared, assimilated be the indegenous people. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.