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'''Torks''' ([[Cyrillic]]: торки, literally "[[Turkic peoples|Turks]]", also known as '''Torkils'''{{cn|date=August 2021}}) were a medieval [[Turkic peoples|Turkic]] tribe of [[Oghuz Turks|Oghuz]]<ref>Pritsak O. (1975). ''"The Pechenegs, A Case of Social and Economic Transformation"'', Archivum Eurasiae Medii Aevi 1:211 - 236, {{ISBN|90-316-0122-5}}</ref> and/or [[Kipchaks|Kipchak]]<ref>Akhmetova, Zhanculu et al. Kipchak Ethnonyms in the "Tale of Bygone Years" in ''International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation'', Vol. 24, Issue 06, 2020. p. 1195</ref> origins. The Torks, alongsides [[Kipchaks]] (e.g. [[Berendei]]), and other tribes like [[Ulichi]], [[Pechenegs]], etc., formed the [[Chornye Klobuki]] ("Black Hats", Turkic ''Karakalpak''), semi-nomadic tribes who fought as border guards for various princes of [[Kievan Rus]].<ref>Akhmetova, Zhanculu et al. Kipchak Ethnonyms in the "Tale of Bygone Years" in ''International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation'', Vol. 24, Issue 06, 2020</ref>

In 1177 a [[Cuman]] army, allied with Ryazan, sacked six cities belonging to the [[Berendei]] and Torks.

In [[Ukraine]], many placenames trace to Torks, such as [[Torchesk]], [[Torchyn]], rivers [[Torets]] and [[Torch (river)|Torch]], [[Torsky way]] along the river [[Tetilha]], villages [[Torets]], [[Torky]], [[Toretske]] and also a town near the Ukrainian border of [[Poland]] called [[Torki]].

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==Further reading==
*{{in lang|ru}} Golubovsky Peter V. (1884) [http://new.runivers.ru/lib/book3143/10047/ Pechenegs, Torks and Cumans before the invasion of the Tatars. History of the South Russian steppes 9th-13th centuries] (Печенеги, Торки и Половцы до нашествия татар. История южно-русских степей IX—XIII вв.) at [[Runivers.ru]] in [[DjVu]] format

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