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The brothers Lech and Czech, founders of West Slavic lands of Lechia and Bohemia (now in the Czech Republic) in "Chronica Polonorum" (1506). Lech, Czech and Rus (Czech pronunciation: [lɛx tʃɛx rus], Polish pronunciation: [lɛx t͡ʂɛx rus]) refers to a founding legend of three Slavic brothers who founded three Slavic peoples: the Poles, the Czechs, and the Ruthenians [1] (Belarusians ...
In lines 20.24–21.3, the inhabitants of Kyiv/Kiev tell Askold and Dir a brief history of the city, which does not mention either a reign of the siblings' descendants, nor of an "oppression" by the Derevlians or other neighbouring tribes; instead, the three brothers' deaths are immediately followed by paying tribute to the Khazars: [16] [17]
Sviatopolk II Iziaslavich (Old East Slavic: Свѧтополкъ Изѧславичь, romanized: Svętopolkǐ Izęslavičǐ; [a] November 8, 1050 – April 16, 1113) was Grand Prince of Kiev from 1093 to 1113. [1] He was not a popular prince, and his reign was marked by incessant rivalry with his cousin Vladimir Monomakh.
Their name is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *smola ('resin') and is related to the ethnonym of the South Slavic Smolyani and the name of the East Slavic city of Smolensk. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Prior to 808, according to the Royal Frankish Annals , the Smeldingi and Linones recognized the suzerainty of the Franks . [ 5 ]
The Slav Epic 1930 exhibition poster. Alphonse Mucha spent many years working on The Slav Epic cycle, which he considered his life's masterwork. He had dreamed of completing such a series, a celebration of Slavic history, since the turn of the 20th century; however, his plans were limited by financial constraints.
European territory inhabited by East Slavic tribes in 8th and 9th centuries. The Drevlians, Derevlians or Derevlianians [1] (Ukrainian: Древляни, romanized: Drevliany or Деревляни, Derevliany, Russian: Древля́не, romanized: Drevlyane) were a tribe of East Slavs between the 6th and the 10th centuries, which inhabited the territories of Polesia and right-bank Ukraine ...
In early September of 995, while Soběslav was at war against Lusatian tribes as Boleslaw's and Otto III's ally, Boleslaus II with confederates (the Vršovci) stormed Libice on September 28, and massacred all of the family, although he originally promised a truce to Soběslav's brothers until his return.
A Slavic prince [1] [2] and ardent Frankish loyalist, [1] according to the Frankish Annals, Braslav was the "Duke of Lower Pannonia" (Pannonia inferior cum duce Braslao ad officium rediit). [3] He ruled a province from the Drava to the Sava (modern-day Slavonia). [1] He took part in the 884 Frankish–Moravian peace treaty reached at Tulln. [1]