EURASIAN HUN EMPIRE

In the middle of the first millennium BC in the territory of the Altai, southern Siberia and eastern Kazakhstan began to form an alliance of tribes, which subsequently received the name Hunnu (Huns). As mentioned in the genealogical accounts estimated at the beginning of our era, "they had a history of thousands of years. These tribes asserted themselves in the historical events of the "Great Migration of Nations". Among the proto-Turkic unions who created states, Huns, Usuns and Kangüks played a significant role in the history of Kazakhstan.The presented work briefly describes the history of the most ancient tribe of Huns (Huns), which for five centuries (204 BC - 216 AD) dominated in the steppe, their complicated relations with China and neighboring nomads are discussed.