Tschingi-Tura
Tschingi-Tura (Tumen, right) on a map by Sigismund von Herberstein , 1549
Tschingi-Tura ( Russian Чинги́-Тура́ , Siberian Tatar : Цимке-тора, also called Tümen) was a medieval city of the Tartars in western Siberia, located on the Tura River .
She was the capital of the Khanate of Sibir until Khan Mamuk the capital from about 1,495 to Isker even Sibir or Qaschliq called misplaced. The name may mean city of Genghis Khan .
After the conquest of the Siberian Khanate from 1580 by the Cossack leader Yermak , the city was burned down and abandoned. The Russian fortress of Tyumen was built nearby in 1586. The historical areas now belong to the modern city of Tyumen.
literature
- James Forsyth: A History of Peoples of Siberia: Russia's North Asian Colony, 1581-1990 . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1992, ISBN 0-521-47771-9 , pp. 25th f . (English, limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed June 20, 2020]).
Remarks
- ↑ James Forsyth: A History of the Peoples of Siberia. Russia's North Asian Colony. 1581-1990. , P. 25