Pechenegs, Patzinakia
Formed from: a turkic people
The Pechenegs emerge in the historical records only in the 8th and 9th centuries, inhabiting the region between
the lower Volga, the Don, and the Ural Mountains
Original Record of: 8th century
Nomadic- no towns or settlements
Migrations & Changes:
9th and 10th centuries AD they controlled much of the steps of southwestern Eurasia and the Crimean Peninsula
and then they began to decline.
According to Constantine Porphyrogenitus, writing in c. 950, Patzinakia, the Pecheneg realm, stretched west as
far as the Siret River (or even the Eastern Carpathian Mountains), and was four days distant from "Tourkias" (i.e.
Hungary).
Patzinakia is divided into eight provinces with the same number of great princes. The provinces are these: the
name of the first province is Irtim; of the second, Tzour; of the third, Gyla; of the fourth, Koulpei; of the fifth,
Charaboi; of the sixth, Talmat; of the seventh, Chopon; of the eighth, Tzopon.
Patzinags are described as an "all archer army"
During the late ninth century, under the pressure from the Torky and Khazars, the Pechenegs, a nomadic
Turkic-speaking tribal confederation, migrated from the Volga-Ural region and occupied the area stretching from
the Don-Donets to the Danube.
Recorded names:
Surname Besenyö, which is Hungarian for Pecheneg
Language:
Pecheneg
Neighbors
9th Century:
S of Kievan state with the Khazars on its E, On The Black Sea, and a small piece of Bulgaria on SW
Sources for Research:
Primary Chronicle
Armenian Chronicle of Matthew of Edessa
The Early Slavs P.M. Barford
Interesting Links:
History and map: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecheneg