The name, actually, orginated from "Nogay":
The Nogay Tatars were based in what is now Romania, near the current city of Kostence on the Black Sea having got there as part of the Golden Horde. They take their name from their Emporer Nogay, who emerged in the 12th century AD.

Used by the horse riders (esp. mongols/tatars/cossacs) - it's definitely smaller than whip/batog/knout - and (as far as I remember, it's a single leather piece, not with several "branches").

During World War 1, many of the Islamic Tatar people of Romania and the Crimean Tatars emigrated to what is now Turkey. There are significant populations around the city of Eskisehir and the town of Polatli which are both West of Ankara.



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Note added at 2 hrs 29 mins (2004-09-28 16:08:00 GMT)
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Oh, i foudn the following:
It it is widely called: \'nagaika\', or \'the Russian nagaika whip\' 9try Google on \'nagaika\' and will see).
Then you can even see a \'version\' of it at:
http://www.snakepitleatherworks.com/other/viberbite.html

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So, i\'d probably, use \'nagaika\' or \'nagaika-whip\' in English