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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 ...
According to legendary calling of the Varangians as recorded in the Primary Chronicle (PVL) and Novgorod First Chronicle, the three brothers were invited by East Slavic and Finnic tribes to reign over them in what is now northwestern Russia in 862. [2] Sineus established himself at Beloozero and Truvor at Izborsk. [2]
The exact ethnic origins of the brothers are unknown; there is controversy as to whether Cyril and Methodius were of Slavic [14] or Greek [15] origin, or both. [16] The two brothers lost their father when Cyril was fourteen, and the powerful minister Theoktistos , who was logothetes tou dromou , one of the chief ministers of the Empire, became ...
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]
Brothers (Czech: bratříci, Slovak: bratríci, Polish: bracia [1]) were independent units composed of former Hussite fighters operating in the years 1445–1467 in the territory of present-day Slovakia, Moravia, northern Austria and southern Poland. [2] Hetman of the Brothers Peter Aksamit in an illustration by Mikoláš Aleš
Boris and Gleb received the crown of martyrdom in 1015. The brothers became known as "Strastoterptsy" (Passion-Bearers), since they did not resist evil with violence. [4] Boris and Gleb's relics were housed in the Church of St. Basil in Vyshhorod, later destroyed. [5] Boris and Gleb were glorified (canonized) by the Orthodox church in Rus' in 1071.
In Germanic and Latin sources, the word has negative connotations. The circumstances of borrowing, and how it came to mean "hero" in Slavic, remain unclear. [8] Alternatively, per Brückner and Machek, the Proto-Slavic term could be of native Slavic origin, "victory" or "trophy".
The Life of Methodius relates that Svatopluk and his uncle jointly asked the Byzantine Emperor Michael III to send missionaries who were familiar with the Slavic tongue to Moravia. [19] [25] Michael III chose two brothers, Cyril and Methodius, who were fluent in the dialect of Slavic spoken in the environs of Thessaloniki . [26]