Torkil

Torkils (also Torks, Cyrillic: торки) were a Turkic tribe of the Middle Ages, possibly or Kipchak or Oghuz[1] origin. The Torkil were one of the tribes who formed the Chornye Klobuki ("Black Hats", Turkic "Karakalpak"), semi-nomadic tribes who fought as border guards for various princes of Kievan Rus.

In 1177 a Cuman army, allied with Ryazan, sacked six cities belonging to the Berendei and Torkil.

In Ukraine, many placenames trace to Torks, such as Torchesk, Torchyn, rivers Torets and Torch, Torsky way along the river Tetilha, villages Torets, Torky, Toretske.

Sources

  1. Pritsak O. (1975). "The Pechenegs, A Case of Social and Economic Transformation", Archivum Eurasiae Medii Aevi 1:211 - 236, ISBN 90-316-0122-5

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