The book is dedicated to the history of a large medieval state located on the territory of modern Russia and Kazakhstan - the Nogai Horde, which arose during the collapse of the Golden Horde in the 15th century. and ceased to exist in the first third of the 17th century. A detailed study of the political history of the Nogai state is accompanied by essays on individual problems: territory, population, economy, culture, etc. The connections of the Nogai Horde with neighboring states and peoples, including the Tatar and Central Asian khanates, the Kazakh Khanate, Turkey, and the Caucasus are examined. A special essay is devoted to the characteristics of Nogai-Russian relations. The appendix provides genealogical diagrams of the Mangyt nobility - the ruling Nogai clan. The research is based on archival materials, many of which are introduced into scientific circulation for the first time, as well as Eastern and Western European sources, Russian chronicles and other documents.

Contents: Preface Historiography of the Nogais Literature of the 18th–19th centuries. Accumulation of material. — Noga studies in the 1920–1930s. M.G. Safargaliev. — Nogai topics in studies of the 1940s–1960s. A.A.Novoselsky. — Study of Nogai history in the 1970s. V.M. Zhirmunsky. E.A.Ponozhenko. — Noga studies in Russian autonomies and union republics. - Nogai scholars. B.-A.B. Kochekaev. A.I.-M.Sikaliev. — Foreign historiography. Sources about the Nogai and the Nogai Horde. The heroic epic of the Turkic peoples. Shejere. - Russian sources. - Muslim sources. — Mongolian and Kalmyk sources. — Western European sources. Formation and collapse of the Nogai powers Mangyts and Kipchaks The first Mangyts in Desht-i Kipchak. — The beginning of Edige’s career. Relocation of the Mangyts to Yaik. — Mangyts outside the Mangyt yurt. The Edige era. The beginning of the history of the Yurt. - Edige is at the head of the left wing. - Edige at the head of the Horde nobility. - Edige and Nur ad-Din. — Status of Mangyt ale. Nogai in the Shibanid khanates. Sons of Edige in the disintegrating Horde. - Abu-l-Khair and Waqqas. - Breakup of the Mangyts with Abu-l-Khair. The search for a new sovereign. — Mangyt yurt under Musa. — Allegiance to the Siberian Shibanids. — Mangyts in the Great Horde. — Nogai and the Great Horde. — Mangyts in Crimea. — Nogai and Crimea. — Volga region affairs. Heirs of Biy Musa. First Time of Troubles: Yamgurchi-biy, Hasan-biy and their nephews. — The beginning of the first Troubles. — Kazakh invasion. — Crimean and Astrakhan affairs. Astrakhan disaster of 1523 - Mamai and Agish. — Kazan and Russian affairs. — Mangyts in Crimea. The apogee of power: Side-Ahmed at the head of the Horde. Management reform. — Sheikh-Mamai coup. — Relations with eastern neighbors. — “Nogai income” and “Mangyt place” in the Volga Yurts. - Kazan affairs. — Astrakhan affairs. - Crimean affairs. Mangyts in Crimea. Yusuf and IsmailYusuf-biy and the Mirzas. — Kazan and Ottoman affairs. — Astrakhan affairs. - Crimean affairs. — Cossack and oriental affairs. The Second Time of Troubles. The reign of IsmailThe beginning and causes of the Troubles. - “Zvoroshnya.” - Great famine. — The end of the Troubles. Ismail's reign. — Astrakhan affairs. — Crimean affairs. — Cossack and Caucasian affairs. - Eastern affairs. Big Nogai On the “big reign” - Din-Ahmed. - On the “big reign” - Urus. — Biy and the Tsar: zigzags of relationships. - Cossack affairs. Destruction of Saraichuk. — Crimean, Ottoman, Malonogai and Caucasian affairs. — Eastern affairs. Third Troubles. The Agony of the HordeThe Third Troubles. — The end of the Troubles. The murder of Ishterek. - Biy and nephews. Bolshiye Nogai in 1608–1619 - Anarchy. Kanaya's "Voknyazhenie" — Collapse of the Great Nogai Horde. — Kalmyk affairs. — Eastern affairs. — Crimean and Ottoman affairs. Nogai in Crimea. — Caucasian affairs. — Cossack affairs. Between the Syr Darya and the Danube, the Nogai uluses in the middle of the 17th century. - Yedisan. - Yedishkul. - Dzhemboyluk. — Budzhak.NogaicaTerritoryProblematics and historiography. — The territory of the Mangyt yurt in the 15th century. Nogai trace in the toponymy of Desht-i Kipchak. — The border is in the east and south. — The border is in the north and west. — The question of the Volga right bank in historiography and sources. — Settlement of the uluses of the Nogai Horde at the end of the 16th - first third of the 17th V. — Medieval cartography of the Nogais and the Nogai Horde. Population and situation in historiography and sources. - Eli of the Nogai Horde. — Population. Economy Nomadic cattle breeding. — Non-pastoral activities. - Trade. — Finance and taxes. Statehood. Historiographical situation. — Type of statehood. Culture. Everyday life. Family. - Religion. — Literature and writing. - Warfare. — Saraichuk. Relations with Russia. Historiographical situation. — Nogai sakmas. — Embassy connections. — Nogai-Russian relations until the middle of the 16th century. - Sherti biy Ismail. — Big Nogai and Russia in the last third of the 16th century. — Big Nogai and Russia in the first third of the 17th century. — Nogai and Astrakhan authorities. — Mutual status of the Nogai Horde and the Moscow kingdom. — The problem of subordination of the Nogai Horde Russia. Nogai component in the history and civilization of Eurasia (instead of the Conclusion) Political influence. — Ethnic influence. — Cultural influence. Appendix Diagrams. — Abbreviations. — Archival sources. — Published sources and literature. — Index.Summary