Articles
Saqsin: Ethnic and Political History
Yaroslav Pylypchuk
Vostok/Oriens '2013, №4
This article is devoted to the history of the Lower Volga region in the 10th–13th centuries. Population of Saqsin was multi-ethnic. It can be divided to into local and alien. Khazars and Oghuzs were the local population. Aliens population included Volga Bulgarians and Alanian colonists. Qipchaqs left after themselves “Tsarovski mounds” and were Phoederatoi of Saqsin. These Kipchaks came from the western, not eastern part of Dasht-i-Qipchaq. Saqsin is not part of the Dasht-i-Qipchaq, but a separate region. It consisted of several cities. The most famous of these are Moshayik and Samosdelka. After the fall of the Khazar Khaganate the Lower Volga region fell under the power of Oghuzs. For two centuries the local populations were assimilated by Oguz. During Qipchaq expansion Saqsin retained independence. In the war with Yemeks Saqsins relied on an alliance with the chiefdom of Sharukanids.
Keywords: Lower Volga region, Saxin, Khazars, hiking of Svyatoslav, Khazar Kaganate
Pages: С. 108–113
