An fara ambata Cumans / Polovtsy/Kipchaks a cikin Farko na Tarihi kamar yadda Polovtsy wani lokaci a kusa da 1055, lokacin da Yarima Vsevolod ya kulla yarjejeniyar zaman lafiya da su.Duk da yerjejeniyar, a cikin 1061, Kipchaks da ake zaton ya keta gine-ginen ƙasa da palisades da Yarima Vladimir da Yaroslav suka gina kuma ya ci nasara da sojojin da Yarima Vsevolod ya jagoranta wanda ya fita don ya hana su.Yakin Alta River ya kasance karo na 1068 a kogin Alta tsakanin sojojin Cuman a gefe guda da sojojin Kievan Rus na Grand Prince Yaroslav I na Kiev, Yarima Sviatoslav na Chernigov, da kuma Yarima Vsevolod na Periaslavl a daya bangaren da Rus. 'An fatattaki sojojin sun gudu zuwa Kiev da Chernigov a cikin wani rudani.Yaƙin ya haifar da tawaye a Kiev wanda ya hambarar da Grand Prince Yaroslav a takaice.A cikin rashi na Yaroslav, Yarima Sviatoslav ya yi nasarar kayar da sojojin Cuman da suka fi girma a ranar 1 ga Nuwamba, 1068 kuma ya dakatar da hare-haren Cuman.Wani ƙaramin fada a cikin 1071 shine kawai tashin hankali da Cumans suka yi a cikin shekaru ashirin masu zuwa.Don haka, yayin da yakin kogin Alta ya kasance abin kunya ga Kievan Rus, nasarar Sviatoslav a shekara mai zuwa ya sauƙaƙa barazanar Cumans ga Kiev da Chernigov na dogon lokaci.