The Cumans were a travelling people who lived in the area along the Black Sea near the Volga River.
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Ivan Bilibin's illustration to The Tale of Igor's Campaign shows the Cumans fighting against the Rus'.
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Central, Southern and Eastern Europe, 1190
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Cuman statue, 12th century, Luhansk
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Eurasia before the Mongol invasions
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Cumans arriving to Hungary.
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Kingdom of Hungary, 13th century
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King Ladislaus IV of Hungary. Ladislaus' mother, Elizabeth the Cuman, was the daughter of a Cuman chief.
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Steppe nomads fighting the Hungarians, Chronicon Pictum, 14th century
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Cuman representation in the Radziwiłł Chronicle
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A modern reenactment of Cumans
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Battle between the Cumans and Grand Duke Andrei Bogolyubsky
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Monument to the Asen dynasty in their capital Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria. The dynasty was of Cuman origin and was responsible for establishing the Second Bulgarian Empire. Sculptor: prof. Krum Damianov
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Kunság (Cumania) in the 18th century within the Kingdom of Hungary. It was divided into Greater Cumania and Little Cumania.
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Historical coat of arms of Cumania. Stained glass window in the southern nave of the St Elisabeth Cathedral, Košice, Slovakia.
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Cuman statue "Baba" in Nieborów, Poland
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"Baba" 11th century, Luhansk
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"Baba" 11th century, Luhansk
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"Baba" 11th century, Luhansk
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"Baba" 11th century, Luhansk
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Cuman statue in Stadnitsja Kiev c. 12th century
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Cuman statue at the Donetsk local history museum
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Equestrian statue of a Cuman warrior, Kunhegyes, Hungary
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Cuman, 12th century, Hermitage Museum
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Cuman statues near the museum on Akademik Yavornitskyi Prospekt, Dnipro
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"Baba" at the Open Air Museum, Prelesne
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Chormukhinsk Madonna, Luhansk
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Cuman Stone statue "baba"
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Cuman Stone statue "baba"
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Ladislas IV "The Cuman" of Hungary, 14th century
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Ladislaus IV of Hungary "the Cuman"
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Samuel Aba king of Hungary
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Elizabeth the Cuman mediaeval seal
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Kunkereszt ("Cuman cross") in Belez, periphery of Magyarcsanád, Hungary
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Cuman statues from Ukraine in Neues Museum, Berlin
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Cuman prairie art, as exhibited in Dnipro
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Cuman burial mound in Hungary
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Cuman stone statues in Donetsk damaged in fighting (22 September 2014)
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Pursuit of Cuman horsemen (right) by the Hungarian King Ladislaus I (left), church of Kraskovo, Slovakia, 14th century
See also
In Spanish: Cumanos para niños