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Kipchaks

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Also known as Kipchak people, Qipchaq, Kypchak, Kupchak, Kıpçak, Qıpçaq, Polovtsians, Kipchak Turks

thumb|A Safavid Iran|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]] thumb|The Cumania in Eurasia, 1200|alt=The Desht-i Kipchak in Eurasia, 1200

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Kipchaks
dissolved, abolished or demolished date
1220-00-00
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0900-00-00
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  • Terminology
  • History
  • Origins
  • Early Kipchaks
  • Mongol conquest era
  • Golden Horde, Mamluk Sultanate and Yuan dynasty
  • Language
  • Religion
  • Culture
  • Kurgan stelae
  • Confederations
  • Kimek
  • Cuman
  • Golden Horde
  • Mamluk Sultanate
  • Physical appearance
  • Genetics
  • Legacy
  • Kipchak peoples and languages
  • Turkic identity issue
  • Notable people
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • Sources
  • Further reading
  • External links

thumb|A Safavid Iran|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]] thumb|The Cumania in Eurasia, 1200|alt=The Desht-i Kipchak in Eurasia, 1200

The Kipchaks, also spelled Qipchaqs, known as Polovtsians (Polovtsy) in Russian sources, were Turkic nomads and then a confederation that existed in the Middle Ages inhabiting parts of the Eurasian Steppe.

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