Originally Posted by
Böri
The Kipchaks back then were serving other people for money. They also fought for Nevsky's Novgorod Russia and helped Rus to repel the German Livonian crusader strike at battle on Ice. Same story with Georgia. Were it not for Kipchaks, Georgia would stop to exist.
Georgians weren't warrior, they were agriculturalist farmers working and paying tax to Georgian king, who in turn, with that gold, was buying mercenaries.
What Kipchaks did isn't forgivable by our standards. Anyway, it's well known that Georgians trusted them but Kipchaks later sided with Mongols against Georgians too... Which is funny happening.