Drevlians

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The Drevlians were an East Slavic tribe of early medieval Kievan Rus', known for their conflict with Prince Igor of Kiev and the subsequent brutal revenge taken on them by Princess Olga.

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Label Occurrences
Drevlians canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf East Slavic tribe
medieval ethnic group
activeInPeriod early Middle Ages
archaeologicalCulture associated with early medieval sites in northern Ukraine
associatedEvent Olga's revenge on the Drevlians
siege and destruction of Iskorosten
capital Iskorosten
chronicleAccountIncludes description of Igor's death
description of Olga's vengeance rituals
conflictType tribute dispute with Kievan Rus'
culturalSphere Kyivan Rus
surface form: Old Rus'
culture Old East Slavic culture
economyBasedOn agriculture
hunting
tribute collection
ethnicGroupOf East Slavs
etymology name derived from Slavic word for 'wood' or 'forest' (drevo, drevо)
eventualFate gradual assimilation into East Slavic population
governedBy local princes (kniazes)
historicalEra 10th century
integratedInto Kyivan Rus
surface form: Kievan Rus'
killed Igor of Kiev
surface form: Prince Igor of Kiev
knownFor being punished by Princess Olga of Kiev
conflict with Prince Igor of Kiev
uprising against Kievan Rus' tribute collection
languageFamily East Slavic languages
legacy toponyms and folklore in northern Ukraine
mentionedIn Rus' chronicles
surface form: Primary Chronicle
modernLocation area around Korosten, Ukraine
nameRefersTo people living in the woods
neighboringTribe Dregoviches
Polans (Eastern Europe)
Volhynians
opposedBy Olga of Kiev
surface form: Princess Olga of Kiev
paidTributeTo Igor of Kiev
surface form: Prince Igor of Kiev
partOf Kyivan Rus
surface form: Kievan Rus'
politicalCenter Iskorosten
politicalStatus semi-independent tribe within Kievan Rus'
politicalStructure tribal union
rebelledAgainst Igor of Kiev
surface form: Prince Igor of Kiev
region Polesia
religion Slavic paganism
sourceType primarily known from medieval chronicles
subordinateTo Grand Prince of Kiev
surface form: Kievan princes
sufferedReprisalsFrom Olga of Kiev
surface form: Princess Olga of Kiev
territory forested regions of northwestern Ukraine
lands between the Pripet and Teteriv rivers
yearOfKillingIgor 945

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Igor of Kiev associatedPeople Drevlians
Olga Prekrasa opponent Drevlians
subject surface form: Olga of Kiev
Volhynians neighboringTribe Drevlians