Historical Role of Pachenegs             

 

        As from 870, the area between Don and Dnestr rivers, were occupied by Pachenegs including some of Crimea. The area occupied by Pachenegs was as far as Kiyef vicinity in the south; they remained in the steps to the south of Black sea for a period so long as 150 years. This Turkish nation could not rise more than a union of tribes, that is, they could not found a state, but played an important role in world history. Their going to today's Hungary from Azak sea caused presence of a Finnish-Ugor nation mingled with Turkish people in Middle Europe.

 

        The most important aspect after that is that the Pachenegs occupied some of Lower Dnestr and Danube regions and some of Dakya, separated Western Slavs and Southern Slavs as a result of their occupying Transilvania and Tisa-Danube region.

 

        Therefore, the most important outcome of Pachenegs' movement toward west was ceasing of connections between Slav world. There is no need for additional explanation of the significance of this event for later Turkish, Hungarian and German history.

 

        The third role of Pachenegs was that they stopped Slav expansion which tended to go South to Black Sea coasts from Kiyef. This Turkish tribe played the role of the greatest and strongest barrier against Russians (who were not Scandinavian any more and became Slavs), which prevented their going further south from Kiyef.