People / group

Yenisei Kyrgyz

The Yenisei Kyrgyz were a Turkic people of the upper Yenisei River region in southern Siberia. Accounts of the Gokturk Empire record that Qapaghan Qaghan conquered the Yenisei Kyrgyz and killed their qaghan in personal combat in 710. In 840 the Kyrgyz destroyed the Uyghur Khaganate, briefly becoming the dominant power on the Mongolian steppe.

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Second Turkic KhaganateYenisei Kyrgyz KhaganateGanzhou Uyghur Kingdom

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Yenisei Kyrgyz. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/yenisei-kyrgyz
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