Chorni Klobuky or Chornye Klobuki, meaning "black hats" (from russian: Чёрные клобуки, Chërnyye klobuki and uk, Чорні клобуки, Chorni klobuky) was a generic nameChorni Klobuky in the Cossack dictionary-handbook for a group of semi-nomadic
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Torki
Torki (; uk, Торки, Torky) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Medyka, within Przemyśl County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland, close to the border with Ukraine. It lies approximately north of Medyka, n ...
, Kovui of Chernihiv, Pechenegs, and othersChorni Klobuky in the Small dictionary of History of Ukraine that at the end of 11th century settled on the southern frontier of Kiev and Pereyaslav principalities along the
Ros River
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In the 12th century many of these tribes became sedentary and town-based (within modern Cherkasy and southern
Kiev
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oblasts). Their main city was
Torchesk
Torchesk ( uk, Торчеськ; russian: Торческ) was a medieval town, located between today's villages of Olshanytsia and Sharky in Kyiv Oblast (province) of central Ukraine near Kaharlyk.
Torchesk was first mentioned in a chronicle und ...
(next to the modern city of Kaharlyk). They also were used by Rus' princes for the defense of their southern borders against Cumans and took part in the political life of Kievan Rus'. After the
Mongol invasion
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they were partially assimilated by neighboring people and partially deported by the Golden Horde rulers such as Uzbeg Khan (between 1340-1390) to the Central Asia.
Their name means "Black Hats" or "Black Hoods", and in Turkic languages it is "Karakalpak"; presumably this refers to their national costume. It is unclear whether the Chornyi Klobuki are related to the Karakalpaks of today.
In the Moscow Chronicle collection of the 15th century under the year 1152 it explains that all Chorni Klobuky were called Circassians as they arrived from the north Caucasus.Klym Polishchuk's short story “God of Chorni Klobuky” is based on a Ukrainian legend. The story comprises Treasure of the Ages: Ukrainian Legends ' karby vikiv: Ukrainski LehendyPolishchuk, K. 2015 Treasure of the Ages: Ukrainian Legends , Sova Books, Sydney (Engl. transl.) (original work was published in 1921)