 The Rus staged their first small-scale raid on Abaskun sometime between 864 and 884, pillaging the city in 909 or 910 and again in 913 on a very large scale.In 1220, Muhammad II of Khwarezm, the fugitive ruler of the Khwarezmid Empire, hid from the Mongols on an island near Abaskun.After that, the city is not mentioned in documents.