The taiga north of the Eastern Sayan, between the Kyrgyz country on the Yenisei and the Irkutsk side, holds hunting peoples whom the seventeenth-century Russians call Kott, Arin, Kamasin and others: Yeniseian and Samoyedic hunters and smiths.
None is named in 1200; their ranges are conjecture. They paid furs to someone, probably the Kyrgyz, as the Chinese notices of the khaganate show for earlier centuries.
Who holds it
- Title
- Elders and clan heads; no chief named
- Since
- not known
- Born
- not known
- Family
- not known
- Confidence
- low
See the evidence note.
Overlord
None shown.
What it holds
- Hunting and trapping grounds in the northern Sayan forest
- Iron-working villages (thin)
How it was acquired
Inherited ranges.
Allies and rivals
See the summary.
How things stand that morning
Self-governing and out of sight.
Wealth
Herds, hunting and furs.
Military
Hunters and herders; no castles.
Threats
- Dzud (winter of ice), a hard year for the herds
Places of note
- Winter camps on the Kan (guess): River camps in the northern Sayan taiga. No camp is named.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Later ethnography only.
On the map: Conjecture.
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.