Slavs Slavs Anti-Slavism was the tendency that existed throughout World War II, parallel with the Anti-Semitism. It was directed against the people of Slavic origin (such as Russians, Poles, Serbs, Czechs, Slovaks, Ukrainians, etc). ...more on Wikipedia about "Anti-Slavism"
Austroslavism was a political concept and program aimed to solve problems of Slavic peoples in the Austrian Empire. ...more on Wikipedia about "Austroslavism"
The Chernyakhov culture (also known as Cherniakhiv culture) ( second century to fifth century) was a material culture, the distribution of which corresponded roughly to Ukraine and parts of Belarus. The term came from the site where the first burial ground of this culture was found, the village of Cherniakhiv in Ukraine's Kiev Oblast (Chernyakhov in Russian). Around the year 300, the same culture extended into Romania where, for political reasons, it is called the Sintana de Mures culture. It is attested to in thousands of sites. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chernyakhov culture"
Druzhina ( , druzhina) in the history of early East Slavs was a detachment of select troops in personal service of a chieftain, later knyaz. Its original functions were bodyguarding, raising tribute from the conquered territories and serving as the core of an army during war campaigns. The druzhina organization varied with time and survived until the 16th century. ...more on Wikipedia about "Druzhina"
The Lugii, Lygii, Ligii or Lugiones (also Lygians, Lugians) were a tribe of Indoeuropean origin, but of disputed ethnic background: Celtic, Germanic, Slavonic or mixed. They lived in ca. 400 BC–300 AD in Central Europe, north of the Sudetes mountains in the basin of upper Odra and Vistula rivers, covering most of modern south and middle Poland (regions of Silesia, Greater Poland, Mazovia and Little Poland). Most of archaeologists identify the Lugians with the Przeworsk culture. The source of their power was control of the most important middle part of the Amber Road from Sambia at the Baltic Sea to the provinces of Roman Empire: Pannonia, Noricum and Raetia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lugii"
Muslim Bulgarians (also Bulgarian Mohammedans, bul:Българи-мохамедани; local: Pomak, Ahrian, Poganets, Marvak, Poturnak) are descendants of Christian Bulgarians who converted to Islam during the 16th and the 18th century. ...more on Wikipedia about "Muslim Bulgarians"
The Obotrites ( German: Abodriten, Polish: Obodryci) were a group of Slavic peoples related to the Wends. In the 6th century they settled in the regions later known as Mecklenburg and Holstein in what is now north-eastern Germany. Because of their links to other neighbouring Slavic ethnic groups they are regarded as a sub-group of Polabian Slavs. The Obotrites are also known in English as Abodrites or Obodrites, and were similar to the Wagrians. ...more on Wikipedia about "Obotrites"
Pan-Slavism was a movement in the mid 19th century aimed at unity of all the Slavic people. The main focus was in the Balkans where Southern Slavs had been ruled over by the two great empires, Austria and the Ottoman Empire. It was also used as political tool by the Russian Empire and Soviet Union. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pan-Slavism"
Polabian Slavs is a collective term applied to a number of Slavic tribes living along the Elbe, between the Baltic Sea to the north, Solau to the west and Sudetes to the south. The tribes settled the area late in the first millennium. ...more on Wikipedia about "Polabian Slavs"
The Przeworsk culture is part of an Iron Age archaeological complex that dates from the 2nd century BC to the 4th century. It was located in what is now central and southern Poland and parts of eastern Slovakia and Carpathian Ruthenia ranging between the Odra and the middle and upper Vistula Rivers into the headwaters of the Dnestr and Tisza Rivers. It takes its name from the village of Przeworsk where the first artefacts were found. ...more on Wikipedia about "Przeworsk culture"
Saqaliba, (سقالبة, sg. siqlabi, slav) refers to the Slavs, particularly Slavic mercenaries and slaves in the medieval Arab world in North Africa, Sicily and al-Andalus. The Arabic term is a Byzantine loanword: "saqlab", "siklab", "saqlabi", etc. is a corruption of Greek Sklavinoi for "Slav". ...more on Wikipedia about "Saqaliba"
Slav, Slavic or Slavonic can refer to: ...more on Wikipedia about "Slavic"
The Slavic peoples are defined by their linguistic attainment of the Slavic languages. They indigenously reside in Central Europe, Eastern Europe, the Balkans, and many have later settled in Northern Asia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Slavic peoples"
The Torbesh are a Muslim Slav Macedonian peoples. The name is somewhat pejorative and means 'the bag carriers'. This is one of the informal names for Slav Macedonians who converted to Islam during the Ottoman period. Part of this same group only with a different name are also Gorani in Kosovo. Torbesh do not have very firm Macedonian national affiliations, nor a separate, Torbesh identity. The last Macedonian census of 2002 confirmed the deep split in the Torbesh community of the Republic of Macedonia, however, members of it declared themselves mainly as the Macedonian Muslims. ...more on Wikipedia about "Torbesh"
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The Veleti are a group of the Polabian Slavs. ...more on Wikipedia about "Veleti"
The Vends were a small tribe who in the 12th- 16th century lived in the area around the town of Wenden (now Cēsis) in what is now north-central Latvia. The origin of the Vends and their language is disputed; sometimes they are associated with the Western Slavic Wends, while other researchers believe they spoke a Finnic language and were related to the neighboring Livonians and the Votians. ...more on Wikipedia about "Vends"
Venedes is the term used in a number of ancient texts, starting with Tacitus, to describe an ethnic group living (presumably) in Central Europe. The exact identity of the Venedes is hotly debated, and most of the theories put forward surrounding them are controversial. ...more on Wikipedia about "Venedes"
Wends (German: Wenden, Latin: Venedi) is the English name for some Slavic people from north-central Europe, particularly the Sorbs living in modern-day Germany. The name is derived from Venetians (germ. Veneter) a term used for various non-Germanic tribes (similar to the term Welsh (germ. Welsch)). ...more on Wikipedia about "Wends"
The Zarubintsy culture was one of the major archaeological cultures which flourished in the area north of the Black Sea along the upper Dnieper and Pripyat Rivers, stretching west towards the Vistula Basin from the 3rd or 2nd centuries BC until the 2nd century AD. It was identified ca 1899 and is now attested by about 500 sites. It is regarded as the eastern version of the Przeworsk culture, with which it is usually joined as a single archaeological complex. ...more on Wikipedia about "Zarubintsy culture"
(Župa) Župa or Żupa ( Cyrillic Жупа) is a Slavic term originally denoting various territorial and other subunits, usually a small administrative division, especially a gathering of several villages. ...more on Wikipedia about "Župa"
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