Pechenegs, Torki and Polovtsy. Russia and the steppe before the invasion of the Tatars

In the end of the X - in the middle of the XI century, tribes of nomads - Pechenegs, Torkov and Polovtsy invaded the borders of Ancient Russia. They changed the course of the historical life of Russia and the entire eastern Slavism and had a significant impact on their future fates. For several centuries, Russia not only fought with the steppe, but also founded military-political unions with them. In his book (the original name of 1884 "Pechenegs, Torquo and Polovtsy before the invasion of the Tatars. History of the South Russian steppes of the IX-XIII centuries") The famous Russian historian Peter Vasilyevich Golubovsky tells how much and how the neighborhood of nomads for the political life of Ancient Russia was affected by, what were the ones. Relations between the Turks and the Slavs. Based on important Russian, Byzantine and Arab sources, the scientist also talks about mutual tribal kinship and tribal origin of the Pechenegs, Torkov and Polovtsy.
The book is published with small abbreviations, while preserving the features of spelling and punctuation of the late 19th century