Chorni Klobuky or Chornye Klobuki, meaning "black hats" (from Russian: Чёрные клобуки, romanized: Chërnyye klobuki and Ukrainian: Чорні клобуки, romanized: Chorni klobuky), was a generic name[1] for a group of semi-nomadic Turkic tribes of Berendei, Torki, Kovui of Chernihiv, Pechenegs, and others[2] that at the end of 11th century settled on the southern frontier of Kiev and Pereyaslav principalities along the Ros River valley.
[4] In the 12th century, many of these tribes became sedentary[2] and town-based (within modern Cherkasy and southern Kyiv oblasts).
[6] In the Moscow Chronicle collection of the 15th century under the year 1152 it explains that all Chorni Klobuky were called Circassians as they arrived from the North Caucasus.
[1] Klym Polishchuk's short story "God of Chorni Klobuky" is based on a Ukrainian legend.
The story comprises Treasure of the Ages: Ukrainian Legends [Skarby vikiv: Ukrainski Lehendy].