The medieval compendium of the East Slavic chronicles known as Hypatian Codex relates that after the death of Vladimir Monomakh in 1125, Khan Syrchan of the Don Kipchaks, Otrak's brother, sent a singer to Otrak and asked him to return home. Legend has it that when Otrak heard his voice and smelled steppe grass, he became nostalgic for the steppe life and finally left Georgia. 1123 during David's conquest of shirvan kipchaks tried mutiny and had to be crushed they also attempted to attack David 3 times after that david put them out of main army and settled them in armenia to use them to conducts raids on seljuk borders in 1130s Vakhtang the son david had from kipchak princess tried to overthrow king Demetrius I kipchaks supported vakhtang in his attempt revolt failed and kipchaks were expelled from georgia due to this betrayal of royal house a small number of the Kipchak mercenaries settled permanently within armenia then part of Georgian, kingdom converted to Orthodox Christianity, and integrated with the local population.