Krivichs

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The Krivichs were an early East Slavic tribal group that inhabited parts of what are now Belarus and northwestern Russia during the early medieval period.

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Label Occurrences
Krivichs canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf East Slavic tribe
medieval ethnic group
archaeologicalCulture Krivich archaeological culture
associatedPolity Principality of Polotsk
Principality of Smolensk
culture East Slavic culture
descendantPopulations Belarusians
Russians
part of modern East Slavic nations
economy agriculture
craft production
fishing
hunting
trade
ethnicity East Slavs
ethnonymLanguage Slavic languages
influencedFormationOf Belarusian people
East Slavic ethnogenesis
Russians
surface form: Russian people
integratedInto Kyivan Rus
surface form: Kievan Rus'
language Old East Slavic
laterReligion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
locatedInThePast Western Dvina (Daugava) basin
Northwest Russia
surface form: northwestern Russia

territory of modern Belarus
upper Dnieper basin
upper Volga basin
majorSettlement Izborsk
Polotsk
Smolensk
mentionedIn Rus' chronicles
surface form: Primary Chronicle
neighboringTribe Baltic tribes
Dregoviches
surface form: Dregovichs

Ilmen Slavs
Radimichs
partOf early East Slavic tribal union
politicalOrganization early princely rule
tribal community
region Eastern Europe
religionInEarlyPeriod Slavic paganism
roleInTrade participants in Varangian–Greek trade route
timePeriod 10th century
11th century
9th century
early Middle Ages
writingSystemAfterChristianization Cyrillic script

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Rurik invitedBy Krivichs
Ves' interactedWith Krivichs