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The Cumans were a travelling people who lived in the area along the Black Sea near the Volga River.

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Asia, circa 1200
Pecheneg and Cuman raids into Hungary in the 11th century
Ivan Bilibin's illustration to The Tale of Igor's Campaign shows the Cumans fighting against the Rus'.
Central, Southern and Eastern Europe, 1190
Cuman statue, 12th century, Luhansk
Eurasia before the Mongol invasions
Cumans arriving to Hungary.
Kingdom of Hungary, 13th century
King Ladislaus IV of Hungary. Ladislaus' mother, Elizabeth the Cuman, was the daughter of a Cuman chief.
Steppe nomads fighting the Hungarians, Chronicon Pictum, 14th century
The division of the Mongol Empire, c. 1300, with the Golden Horde in yellow
Cuman camp
Cuman representation in the Radziwiłł Chronicle
The Mamluks were warrior-slaves in the Islamic world. Many Mamluks were of Cuman origin.
A modern reenactment of Cumans
Battle between the Cumans and Grand Duke Andrei Bogolyubsky
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
Kunság (Cumania) in the 18th century within the Kingdom of Hungary. It was divided into Greater Cumania and Little Cumania.
Historical coat of arms of Cumania. Stained glass window in the southern nave of the St Elisabeth Cathedral, Košice, Slovakia.
Cuman sculpture in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
Cuman statue "Baba" in Nieborów, Poland
"Baba" 11th century, Luhansk
"Baba" 11th century, Luhansk
"Baba" 11th century, Luhansk
"Baba" 11th century, Luhansk
Cuman statue
Cuman statue
Cuman sculpture
Cuman statue in Stadnitsja Kiev c. 12th century
Cuman battle mask
Cuman statue at the Donetsk local history museum
Equestrian statue of a Cuman warrior, Kunhegyes, Hungary
Cuman, 12th century, Hermitage Museum
Cuman statues near the museum on Akademik Yavornitskyi Prospekt, Dnipro
Cuman statue
"Baba" at the Open Air Museum, Prelesne
Chormukhinsk Madonna, Luhansk
Cuman Stone statue "baba"
Cuman Stone statue "baba"
Ladislas IV "The Cuman" of Hungary, 14th century
Ladislaus IV of Hungary "the Cuman"
Samuel Aba king of Hungary
Elizabeth the Cuman mediaeval seal
Kunkereszt ("Cuman cross") in Belez, periphery of Magyarcsanád, Hungary
Cuman statues from Ukraine in Neues Museum, Berlin
Cumans
Cuman chain mail
Cuman statue
Cuman prairie art, as exhibited in Dnipro
Cumans in Hungary
Cuman burial mound in Hungary
Cuman stone statues in Donetsk damaged in fighting (22 September 2014)
Pursuit of Cuman horsemen (right) by the Hungarian King Ladislaus I (left), church of Kraskovo, Slovakia, 14th century

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In Spanish: Cumanos para niños

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