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Konchak

fl. 1170s–1200 · 12th century

Konchak was a khan of the Cumans (Polovtsians) in the late 12th century and a grandson of Sharukan. In 1185 he defeated and captured Prince Igor Sviatoslavich of Novgorod-Seversky, the campaign told in the Tale of Igor's Campaign, and his daughter later married Igor's son. He appears in Alexander Borodin's opera Prince Igor.

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Cumania

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