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  Krivich - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Krivichs or Kryvičy (Belarusian: Крывічы́; Russian: Кривичи́), one of the tribal unions of Early East Slavs between the 6th and the 12th centuries, which inhabited the upper reaches of the Volga, Dnieper, Western Dvina, areas south of the lower reaches of river Velikaya and parts of the Neman basin.
It is likely that the Krivichs were the first of the East Slavs to leave the Pripyet Marshes in the 6th century and head northeast, absorbing scanty Finno-Ugric and Baltic tribes (the Krivichs couldn't move towards northwest or west because of their encounters with strong Lithuanian and Finnic tribes).
The Krivichs as a tribe, subjugated by Kiev, took part in Oleg's and Igor's military campaigns against the Byzantine Empire.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Krivichs   (498 words)

  
 Polochans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It further says that Krivichs were descendants of Polochans.
The lands of the Polochans spanned towards the upper reaches of the Śvisłač River on the south and along the left bank of the Biarezina River to the lands of the Dregovichs.
To the north and east - Izborsk Krivichs and Novgorod Slavs;
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Polochans   (156 words)

  
 YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Kresy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Many of those from Kresy who already have had an experience of Soviet life sought to avoid this kind of "repatriation".
In particular, some camps that hosted Belarusians used terms White Ruthenians and Krivichs in their documentation.
After the Second World War the Kresy territory was officially ceded to the Soviet Union (Ukrainian, Byelorussian and Lithuanian Socialist Soviet Republics) and most of the Polish population was transferred to Poland's Recovered Territories.
www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Kresy   (394 words)

  
 Rurik Did You Mean rurik   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
There is a debate over how Rurik came to control Ladoga and Novgorod.
The only information about him is contained in the 12th-century Russian Primary Chronicle, which states that Chuds, Slavs, Merias, Veses and Krivichs "?drove the Varangians back beyond the sea, refused to pay them tribute, and set out to govern themselves".
Afterwards the tribes started fighting each other and decided to invite Rurik to reestablish order.
www.did-you-mean.com /Rurik.html   (753 words)

  
 Kievan Rus' - Page 2 - The Royal Forums
According to the Primary Chronicle, the earliest chronicle of Kievan Rus', a Verangian (Viking) named Rurik first established himself in Novgorod in about 860 before moving south and extending his authority to Kiev.
These tribes who were forced to pay tribute to the Varangian peoples around 859 and in 862 the tribes rebelled against the Varangians and drove them back to beyond the Baltic Sea, back towards Scandinavia, refusing to pay any further tribute and decided to govern themselves.
The Chuds, the Slavs (Merians were assimilated by the Slavs, but when?), the Krivichs and the Ves, then said to the Rus’, ‘Our land is great and rich, but there is no order in it.
www.theroyalforums.com /forums/f80/kievan-rus-1238-2.html#post300782   (2336 words)

  
 Medieval Sourcebook: The Chronicle of Nestor
They therefore decided among themselves, "Let us seek a Prince who will govern us and who will give us justice." In order to find him, the Slavs crossed the Sea and sought him among the Varangians.
The Chudes, the Slavs, the Krivichs and other peoples together spoke thus to the princes of Varangia: "Our country is large and has everything in abundance except that we lack order and justice; come take possession and govern us." Three Varangian brothers together with their families went, in effect, to occupy Slavonia.
They settled among the Slavs, and in the country they built the city of Ladoga.
www.fordham.edu /halsall/source/nestor.html   (1088 words)

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