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| | Abridged History of Ukraine - KYIVAN RUS CHRONICLES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) |
 | | Up North lived tribes which were not Slavs: Chud, Ves, Merya, Muroma, Cheremys, Mordva, Perm, Pechera, Yam. |
 | | They had their own language and apparently were original inhabitants, whereas Slavs came from around river Danube. |
 | | One of them built Polotsk, where first settlers were Kryvychs, another built Rostov, where first settlers were Meryas, another built Bilo-ozero, where first settlers were Ves', another built Muroma, where first settlers were Muromas. |
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