Chud
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Chud refers to a Finnic-speaking indigenous people historically inhabiting parts of northwestern Russia and the eastern Baltic region, often mentioned in early East Slavic chronicles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chud canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ethnic group
ⓘ
historical people ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Baltic Finnic peoples
ⓘ
surface form:
Finnic peoples
Russian folklore ⓘ medieval Russian historiography ⓘ |
| associatedWithLanguageFamily | Uralic languages ⓘ |
| conflictWith | early Rus principalities ⓘ |
| culturalSphere |
Finno-Ugric languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Finno-Ugric
Northern European ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
hunting and fishing ⓘ trade ⓘ |
| ethnicClassification | Finnic-speaking people ⓘ |
| ethnographicStatus | partly legendary in later folklore ⓘ |
| ethnonymType | exonym ⓘ |
| geographicContext |
Baltic Sea region
ⓘ
surface form:
Baltic region
Eastern Europe ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Baltic Sea drainage basin
ⓘ
surface form:
Baltic Sea basin
Lake Peipus region ⓘ Novgorod Republic ⓘ
surface form:
Novgorod lands
|
| indigenousTo |
eastern Baltic region
ⓘ
northwestern Russia ⓘ |
| linguisticAttribute |
Finnic languages
ⓘ
non-Slavic ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Rus' chronicles
ⓘ
surface form:
Primary Chronicle (Tale of Bygone Years)
early East Slavic chronicles ⓘ |
| neighborOf |
Baltic tribes
ⓘ
early East Slavs ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Estonians
ⓘ
Livonian people ⓘ
surface form:
Livonians
Vepsians ⓘ
surface form:
Veps
Votes ⓘ other Baltic Finnic groups ⓘ |
| religion |
later Christianity
ⓘ
paganism ⓘ |
| roleInSources |
neighbors of early East Slavs
ⓘ
participants in frontier conflicts ⓘ trading partners ⓘ |
| sourceLanguage | Old East Slavic ⓘ |
| sourceType | chronicle references ⓘ |
| status |
historically attested
ⓘ
not a modern standardized ethnicity ⓘ |
| termUsage | sometimes used generically for various Finnic tribes ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
High Middle Ages
ⓘ
early Middle Ages ⓘ |
| usedBy | East Slavs ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.