Krivichs, the Glossary
The Krivichs or Kryvichs (krivichi; kryvičý) were a tribal union of Early East Slavs between the 6th and the 12th centuries.[1]
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34 relations: Anti-Normanism, Daugava, De Administrando Imperio, Dnieper, Drainage basin, Duisburg, Early Slavs, Gnezdovo, Igor of Kiev, Izborsk, Jan Stankievič, Kaunas, Knyaz, Kriwi (band), Kryvichy, Latvian language, List of early Slavic peoples, Lublin, Max Vasmer, Neman, Oleg the Wise, Polans (eastern), Polotsk, Pskov, Route from the Varangians to the Greeks, Rus' people, Sobriquet, Varangians, Vatslaw Lastowski, Velikaya, Voivode, Volga, Volga Finns, White Ruthenia.
- East Slavic tribes
Anti-Normanism
Normanism and anti-Normanism are competing theories about the origin of Kievan Rus' that emerged in the 18th and 19th centuries concerning the narrative of the Viking Age in Eastern Europe.
See Krivichs and Anti-Normanism
Daugava
The Daugava (Daugova; Dźwina; Düna) or Western Dvina (translit; Заходняя Дзвіна; Väina; Väinäjoki) is a large river rising in the Valdai Hills of Russia that flows through Belarus and Latvia into the Gulf of Riga of the Baltic Sea.
De Administrando Imperio
("On the Governance of the Empire") is the Latin title of a Greek-language work written by the 10th-century Eastern Roman Emperor Constantine VII.
See Krivichs and De Administrando Imperio
Dnieper
The Dnieper, also called Dnepr or Dnipro, is one of the major transboundary rivers of Europe, rising in the Valdai Hills near Smolensk, Russia, before flowing through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea.
Drainage basin
A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean.
See Krivichs and Drainage basin
Duisburg
Duisburg (Duisborg) is a city in the Ruhr metropolitan area of the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Early Slavs
The early Slavs were speakers of Indo-European dialects who lived during the Migration Period and the Early Middle Ages (approximately from the 5th to the 10th centuries AD) in Central, Eastern and Southeast Europe and established the foundations for the Slavic nations through the Slavic states of the Early and High Middle Ages.
Gnezdovo
Gnezdovo or Gnyozdovo (Гнёздово) is an archeological site located near the village of Gnyozdovo in Smolensky District, Smolensk Oblast, Russia.
Igor of Kiev
Igor (Игорь; Ingvarr; – 945) was Prince of Kiev from 912 to 945.
Izborsk
Izborsk (Избо́рск; Irboska; Seto) is a rural locality (village) in Pechorsky District of Pskov Oblast, Russia.
Jan Stankievič
Jan (Janka) Stankievič (also called Ian Stankevich, John Stankevich; Ян Станкевіч, Jan Stankiewicz; 26 November 1891 – 16 July 1976) was a Belarusian politician, linguist, and historian.
See Krivichs and Jan Stankievič
Kaunas
Kaunas (previously known in English as Kovno, also see other names) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius, the fourth largest city in the Baltic States and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life.
Knyaz
Knyaz or knez, also knjaz, kniaz (кънѧѕь|kŭnędzĭ) is a historical Slavic title, used both as a royal and noble title in different times of history and different ancient Slavic lands.
Kriwi (band)
Kriwi is a Belarusian newFolk and clubEthno band.
Kryvichy
Kryvichy (Крывічы; Krivichi) may refer to the following places in Belarus.
Latvian language
Latvian (latviešu valoda), also known as Lettish, is an East Baltic language belonging to the Indo-European language family.
See Krivichs and Latvian language
List of early Slavic peoples
This is a list of early Slavic peoples reported in Late Antiquity and in the Middle Ages, that is, before the year AD 1500.
See Krivichs and List of early Slavic peoples
Lublin
Lublin is the ninth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest city of historical Lesser Poland.
Max Vasmer
Max Julius Friedrich Vasmer (Maksimilian Romanovich Fasmer; 28 February 1886 – 30 November 1962) was a Russian and German linguist.
Neman
The Neman, Niemen or Nemunas is a river in Europe that rises in central Belarus and flows through Lithuania then forms the northern border of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia's western exclave, which specifically follows its southern channel.
Oleg the Wise
Oleg (Ѡлегъ, Ольгъ; Helgi; died 912), also known as Oleg the Wise, was a Varangian prince of the Rus' who became prince of Kiev, and laid the foundations of the Kievan Rus' state.
See Krivichs and Oleg the Wise
Polans (eastern)
The Polans or Polians (Polanie; Poljane), also known as Polanians, Polianians, and Eastern Polans, were an East Slavic tribe between the 6th and the 9th century, which inhabited both sides of the Dnieper river from Liubech to Rodnia and also down the lower streams of the rivers Ros', Sula, Stuhna, Teteriv, Irpin', Desna and Pripyat. Krivichs and Polans (eastern) are east Slavic tribes.
See Krivichs and Polans (eastern)
Polotsk
Polotsk (Полоцк) or Polatsk (Polack) is a town in Vitebsk Region, Belarus.
Pskov
Pskov (p; see also names in other languages) is a city in northwestern Russia and the administrative center of Pskov Oblast, located about east of the Estonian border, on the Velikaya River.
Route from the Varangians to the Greeks
The trade route from the Varangians to the Greeks was a medieval trade route that connected Scandinavia, Kievan Rus' and the Eastern Roman Empire.
See Krivichs and Route from the Varangians to the Greeks
Rus' people
The Rus, also known as Russes, were a people in early medieval Eastern Europe.
Sobriquet
A sobriquet is a descriptive nickname, sometimes assumed, but often given by another.
Varangians
The Varangians"," Online Etymology Dictionary were Viking conquerors, traders and settlers, mostly from present-day Sweden.
Vatslaw Lastowski
Vatslaw Yustynavich Lastowski (8 November 1883 – 23 January 1938) was a leading figure of the Belarusian independence movement in the early 20th century and the Prime Minister of the Belarusian Democratic Republic from 1919 to 1923, as well as a writer, historian and academic of the Belarusian Academy of Sciences persecuted by the Soviet authorities.
See Krivichs and Vatslaw Lastowski
Velikaya
The Velikaya is a river in Novosokolnichesky, Pustoshkinsky, Sebezhsky, Opochetsky, Pushkinogorsky, Ostrovsky, Palkinsky, and Pskovsky Districts of Pskov Oblast, as well as in the city of Pskov in Russia.
Voivode
Voivode, also spelled voivod, voievod or voevod and also known as vaivode, voivoda, vojvoda or wojewoda, is a title denoting a military leader or warlord in Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe in use since the Early Middle Ages.
Volga
The Volga (p) is the longest river in Europe. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Caspian Sea. The Volga has a length of, and a catchment area of., Russian State Water Registry It is also Europe's largest river in terms of average discharge at delta – between and – and of drainage basin.
Volga Finns
The Volga Finns are a historical group of peoples living in the vicinity of the Volga, who speak Uralic languages.
White Ruthenia
White Ruthenia (Biełaja Ruś; Ruś Biała; Belaya Rus'; Bila Ruś) is one of the historical divisions of Kievan Rus' according to the color scheme, which also includes Black and Red Ruthenia.
See Krivichs and White Ruthenia
See also
East Slavic tribes
- Antes people
- Berladnici
- Bolokhovians
- Dregovichs
- Drevlians
- Dulebes
- Krivichs
- Novgorod Slavs
- Old Russians
- Polans (eastern)
- Polochans
- Radimichs
- Severians
- Sporoi
- Tivertsi
- Ulichs
- Volhynians
- Vyatichi
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krivichs
Also known as Krivich, Kriviches, Krivichi, Krivichians, Kryvian.