Nov. 2, 2023. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev held talks with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who arrived in Kazakhstan on an official visit, reported the official site of the President of Kazakhstan. “The Kazakh President expressed gratitude to Viktor Orban for his significant contribution to the rapprochement between Kazakhstan and Hungary: – Mr Prime Minister, welcome to Kazakh land! You are well known and respected in Kazakhstan because you are a “Kypshak” by origin. We can say that you have come to the homeland of your ancestors. Thank you for accepting my invitation and paying an official visit to Kazakhstan, as well as taking part in the jubilee summit of the Organisation of Turkic States. Undoubtedly, this visit will give a new impetus to cooperation between the two countries. I am confident that today’s negotiations will be fruitful, – said Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.”
According to Wikipedia, the Kipchaks Qipchaqs, also known as Kipchak Turks or Polovtsians, were Turkic nomads and then a confederation that existed in the Middle Ages inhabiting parts of the Eurasian Steppe. First mentioned in the eighth century as part of the Second Turkic Khaganate, they most likely inhabited the Altai region from where they expanded over the following centuries, first as part of the Kimek–Kipchak confederation and later as part of a confederation with the Cumans. There were groups of Kipchaks in the Pontic–Caspian steppe, China, Syr Darya and Siberia.
This fact is important in debunking Orban’s recent claims about ‘Greater Hungary’ lands in Europe. Just recently, he was reminded of where the ‘Greater Hungary’ lands are situated >
The Polovtsy were the ones who attacked Kyiv Rus starting in the 10th century. In the 12th century, they attacked Kyiv Rus in alliance with the Ugro-Finnish tribes from the area that would become ‘Russia’ nowadays. The famous 12th-century epic ‘Tale of Igor’s Campaign’ describes that attack >
As can be seen, Hungary and Russia have a long history of grabbing other nations’ lands together.
“Gardariki, Ukraine‘ e-book explores the subject in greater details.
