Middle Ages
The beginning of the Middle Ages in the Eastern European steppes, including the territory of our region, begins with the establishment here of the dominance of new peoples, significantly different from the population of the early Iron Age, both in origin and in cultural and linguistic terms. These peoples were mostly of Turkic origin, their ancestors lived in the deep regions of Central Asia. The Sarmatians are losing their leading position here, and they are being replaced by the Huns, Khazars, Pechenegs, Oguzes, and Polovtsians. These peoples, like the Sarmatians, led a nomadic lifestyle, and the Lower Volga region was part of their nomadic zone. By the end of the first half of the 13th century the Mongols, the heirs of the great Genghis Khan, prevail here adding the European steppes to their vast empire.
Many archaeological monuments such as mounds, remains of settlements and cities have been preserved in our region to commemorate more than a thousand years of medieval history.