The Pechenegs (/ ˈ p ɛ tʃ ə n ɛ ɡ /) or Patzinaks [note 1] also known as Pecheneg Turks [1] were a semi-nomadic Turkic people from Central Asia who spoke the Pecheneg language. In the 9th and 10th centuries, the Pechenegs controlled much of the steppes of southeast Europe and the Crimean Peninsula.

Pechenegs, a seminomadic, apparently Turkic people who occupied the steppes north of the Black Sea (8th–12th century) and by the 10th century were in control of the lands between the Don and lower Danube rivers (after having driven the Hungarians out); they thus became a serious menace to Byzantium.

Pechenegs (печеніги; pechenihy). The name of a Turkic tribal federation that dominated the southern steppe region of what is today Ukraine from the late 9th to the mid-11th century. The Turkic appellation be-ča-nag (‘brother-in-law’) was first used in the 8th century to refer to members of the Pecheneg ruling clan .

The Pechenegs or Patzinaks (Turkish: Peçenekler, Hungarian: Besenyő, Greek: Patzinaki/Petsenegi or Πατζινάκοι/Πετσενέγοι/Πατζινακίται, Latin: Pacinacae, Bisseni /in …

Jun 11, 2018 · During the late ninth century, under the pressure from the Torky and Khazars, the Pechenegs, a nomadic Turkic-speaking tribal confederation, migrated from the Volga-Ural region and occupied the area stretching from the Don-Donets to the Danube. Like other nomads inhabiting the southern Russian steppe from around 965 to around 1240, the ...

The Pechenegs were an important Turkic nomad group in Central Asia between the ninth and twelfth centuries. Their nomadic lifestyle shaped their culture; they herded large groups of animals and used trumpets, spears, and other war ornaments to showcase their wealth.

The Pechenegs were a loose tribal confederation who carried out raids on their neighbors, especially against the Khazars, Rus’ and Byzantines. RELATIONS WITH OTHERS From the 10th century, the position of the Pechenegs was determined by …

Jun 22, 2024 · Although the Pechenegs have no visible identity, they are part of the Hungarian nation to this day: their medieval history may have ended, but they have played an important role in Hungarian ethnogenesis.

In The Pechenegs: Nomads in the Political and Cultural Landscape of Medieval Europe, Aleksander Paroń offers a reflection on the history of the Pechenegs, a nomadic people which came to control the Black Sea steppe by the end of the ninth century. Nomadic peoples have often been presented in European historiography as aggressors and destroyers ...

Pecheneg is an extinct Turkic language spoken by the Pechenegs in Eastern Europe (parts of Southern Ukraine, Southern Russia, Moldova, Romania and Hungary) in the 7th–12th centuries. However, names in this language (Beke, Wochun, Lechk, …