The Kipchaks or Qipchaks, also known as Kipchak Turks or Polovtsians, were a Turkic nomadic people and confederation that existed in the Middle Ages, inhabiting parts of the Eurasian Steppe.
Gurandukht, a daughter of "the supreme leader of the Kipchaks" Otrok (Atraka), was the only wife of David mentioned by his medieval Georgian biographer. He married her years before the recruitment of around 40,000 of the Kipchaks in the Georgian service, which David effected c. 1118.
Historia Escultura kipchak, siglo XII, Luhansk. Los kipchaks (denominados pólovtsy en ruso y ucraniano) eran una confederación tribal que originalmente se estableció en el río Irtish, posiblemente emparentados con los kimäks.
2 de may. de 2022 · "Gurandukht, a daughter of "the supreme leader of the Cumans" Otrok (Atraka), was the only wife of David mentioned by his medieval Georgian biographer. He married her years before the recruitment of around 40,00 thousand of the Cuman-Kipchaks in the Georgian service, which David effected c. 1118.
20 de oct. de 2019 · Otrok (also Atrak) was an early twelfth-century Cuman-Kipchak chieftain (khan) who was involved in the wars with Kievan Rus', and later served under the Kingdom of Georgia. He was a member of the Sharukanids, one the ruling houses of the Kipchak tribal confederation known to the Rus' as "Wild Cumans". [1]
- "Артак", "Артык", "Отрак", "Отрок", "Atruq"
- member of nomadic Cuman tribe in, Ukraine
- circa 1088
- after 1125
The Cumans-Kipchaks in Georgia are of an ancient nomadic Turkic people who inhabited large territories from Central Asia to Eastern Europe. They (the Cuman-Kipchak confederation) played an important role in the history of many nations in the region, Georgia among them.