The world of the ancient Slavs

Zdeněk Váňa

 

INDEX

 

__A___B___C, Č___D___E___F___G___H___I___J___K___L___M___N___O___P___Q___R___S___T___U___V___W_ —  __Y___Z, Ž_

 

Aachen 75

Aboba 134

Absalon (1128-1201), archbishop of Lund 222

Adalbert (St Vojtěch, d. 997), bishop of Prague 176, 179, 197, 201, 206, 211

Adalbert (c. 1000—72), archbishop of Bremen and Hamburg 211

Adalram (9th c.), archbishop of Salzburg 119, 120

Adam of Bremen (11 th c.), German chronicler 202

Adrian II, pope (867-72) 120

Adriatic Sea 38, 40, 72, 112, 125, 126, 168

Aegean islands 39

Aegean Sea 16

Aenona.vif Nin

Aga thyrsi, tribe 10

Akim (11 th c.), first patriarch of Novgorod 90, 96, 146

Alamanni, tribe 70, 110

Alanorsi, tribe 12

Alans, tribe 12, 62

Alattyán 60

Albania 38

Albanians 15

Albert I the Bear (1100—1170), margrave of Brandenburg 100, 212

Aldeigjuborgw Ladoga

Alexander Nevsky (1220—63), grand prince of Novgorod and Vladimir, national hero 146, 148

Alexander III the Great, king of Macedon (336-323 B.C.) 42

Alexandria 11

Alfred the Great, king of Wessex (871-99) 107, 194

Alps 39, 130

Alt Bartelsdorf 160

Alte Burg 38, 222, 224

Altenkirchen 86, 99

Altfriesack 94, 98, 99

Alt Lübeck 159; see also Lübeck

Anatolians see Hittites

Andreyev (Kiev) Hill 142, 143, 145

Androphagi, tribe 10

Angelarius (9th c.), disciple of St Methodius 135

Angermünde 211

Angles 36, 67, 230

Anglo-Saxons 194

Anklam 99

Annales Fuldenses 105; see also Fulda

Annates Regni Francorum 105

Annals. Salzburg 120

Anselm (12th c.), papal fegate 100

Antes (Anti), tribe 13, 22, 23, 25, 38, 55

Aquileia 112

Arabia; Arab or Arabian 45, 50, 84, 85, 140, 145, 164, 202, 229

Arabs 141, 211

Arkona 83, 88, 92, 99, 100, 103, 213, 229, 230

Armenia; Armenian 15, 83, 142

Armenians 15

Arnulf, king of Bavaria and Germany (887-99), Holy Roman Emeperor (896-9) 176

Asen, king of Bulgaria (1186-96) 135

Asia 38, 45

—, Central 53, 54, 57, 61, 65

—, Minor 39, 40, 155

Askold, leader of the Scandinavians (9th c.) 140, 143

Asparuch, khan of the Proto-Bulgars (7th c.) 61, 131, 132

Athens 39

Athos, mount 145

Atlantic Ocean 229

Attila (d. 453), king of the Huns 55

Augustus (Gaius Julius Octavianus), first Roman emperor (27 B.C. — 14 A.D.) 12

Aurelian (Lucius Domitius Aurelianus), Roman emperor (270—5) 40

Austerlitz see Slavkov Austria 13, 22, 33, 67, 73, 125, 130

—, Lower 69, 70

Avars; Avar 13, 23, 38-42, 53-57, 59-62, 65, 67-69, 72-74, 105, 112, 119, 125, 140, 151, 167

Azov, Sea of (ancient Maiotis) 9, 46, 49, 56, 61, 139

 

Babel, Tower of 46 Balaton, Lake 13, 56, 119, 120, 121

Balkan Mountains (ancient Haemus) 42, 65

Balkans (Balkan peninsula) 23, 32, 38-42, 45, 47, 54, 66, 69, 72, 75, 78, 106, 129, 131, 134, 135, 142, 158

Balkan Slavs 61, 66, 77, 140

Baltic, language 15, 17, 23, 25

Baltic Sea 11, 16, 18, 37, 83, 88, 92, 94, 103, 146, 160, 168, 202, 207, 211, 222, 226, 228, 229

Baltic Slavs; Balto-SIavic 18, 23, 25, 27, 43, 84, 94, 96, 98, 100, 209-211, 229-232

Balto-Slavic, language 15, 17

Balts; Baltic 12, 13, 15, 17, 19, 20, 23, 25-27, 39, 40, 46, 49, 50, 83, 100, 146, 212, 220, 228

Baroque style 179

Basil I the Macedonian, Byzantine emperor (867-88) 77

Bautzen 213

Bavaria 37, 73, 115, 120, 130, 209, 213

Bavarian Geographer (9th c.), anonymous geographer 32, 194, 214

Bavarians; Bavarian 69, 105, 111, 112, 120

Baykal, Lake 53

Bayuvari, tribe 67

Behren-Lübchin 94, 97, 99, 158, 160, 220-222

Belgrade (ancient Singidunum) 42

Bell-Grave culture 19, 20

Berezina, river 40

Bergen 86, 99

Berlekamp, Hansdieter, German archeologist 94

Bernard of Clairvaux, Saint (c. 1090-1153), French theologian and ecclesiastical reformer 100, 212

Bijelo Brdo culture 122, 130

Bílina, river 177

Birka 205

Biskupija 126

Black Sea 9, 18, 20, 46, 57, 62, 78, 139, 141, 146, 234

Blatengrad 119

Blatnica-Mikulčice group 67, 112

Bober, river 211

Bohemia (Boiohemum); Bohemian 29, 32, 35, 54, 69, 71, 73-75, 77, 92, 93, 96, 100, 120, 151, 159, 160, 164, 166-170, 172, 174-192, 194-197, 199, 201, 202, 209, 213; see also Czech; Czechs

Bohemian Forest 73

Bohemian-Polish state 196

Bohemian state 174, 197

Bohuslav, Pomeranian prince (12th c.) 230

Boii 29

Boleslav I, prince of Bohemia (c. 935 — 967) 164, 176, 192

Boleslav II, prince of Bohemia (967-99) 176, 190, 194, 196, 201

Boleslav III, prince of Bohemia (999-1003) 196

Bolesław I Chrobry (the Brave), prince (992) and king of Poland (1024-5) 177, 194, 196, 197, 199, 209

Bolesław III Krzywousty (Wry-Mouth), prince of Poland (1102-38) 202

Boris I, tsar of Bulgaria (852-88) 78, 100, 129, 131, 134, 135

Bořivoj, prince of Bohemia (d. c. 894) 73, 75, 100, 172, 175, 176, 179, 184, 186, 190

Borna, prince of the Dalmatian Croats (9th c.) 125

Borshevo group 49

Borysthenes see Dnieper

Bosnia-Hercegovina 42

Braak 99

Brać, island 126

Brandenburg 36, 99, 101, 209, 211, 212

Branimir, prince of the Dalmatian Croats (879-92) 125

Bratislava 60, 120

— Castle (ancient Brezalauspurch) 120

— Gate 120

Břeclav 92, 117, 118

Bremen 100

Břetislav I, prince of Behemia (1034-55) 177, 179, 192, 197, 201, 202, 209

Brezalauspurch see Bratislava Castle

Březno 32, 33, 35, 36, 151

Britain (British Isles) 36, 229

Brno 32

Bronze Age 18, 42

Bucharest 42

Budeč 159, 174, 178-180, 183

Budini, tribe 10, 11

Bug (ancient Hypanis), river 9, 20, 40, 109

—, Southern, 22

—, Western, 21

Bulgaria; Bularian 40, 42, 43, 45, 47, 53, 54, 56, 61, 63, 65, 78, 100, 107, 109, 132, 134, 135, 142, 160

Bulgarian, language 17

Bulgarian Empire 106, 107, 112, 126, 128, 132, 135

Bulgarians 61, 63, 65, 107, 131

Bulgars (Proto-Bulgars or Turco-Tatar Bulgars); Bulgar 53, 54, 61-63, 65, 68, 69, 73, 77, 78, 119, 129, 131, 132, 134, 135, 140- 142, 167, 168

Burchard, bishop of Halberstadt (11th c.) 94

Burgundians 54, 67

Burgundy 67

Buzhani-Volhynians 47

Byeloozero 47, 50

Byelorussia 23, 139

Byelorussian, language 17

Byelorussians 50

Byzantine Empire 39, 53, 72, 77, 125, 132, 135, 166

Byzantine-Hellenistic, influence 57

Byzantines 12, 39, 42, 61, 65, 72, 78, 131, 141

Byzantium; Byzantine 12, 21, 37-43, 45, 46, 54, 56, 57, 62, 63, 65, 66, 72, 75, 77-79, 83, 105, 107, 109, 112, 116, 125, 126, 129, 131, 134, 135, 139, 141, 142, 145, 146, 151, 158, 164, 166, 192, 202

Bzura, river 202

 

Čadjavica 43

Caesar, Gaius Julius (101—44 B.C.), Roman statesman, general and historian 83

Calabria 211

Calau, district 214

Canburg see Hradko-Kanina

Canute (Cnut) VI, king of Denmark (1182-1202) 222

Caričin Grad 42

Carinthia 72

Carinthians 105, 125

Carinthian culture see Kottlach culture

Carloman, king of Bavaria (876—80), son of Louis the German 75, 110, 125, 175

Carolingian dynasty; Carolingian 72, 112, 116, 129, 178

Carpathians (Carpathian Mountains) 11, 12, 17, 19, 21, 32, 40, 41, 56, 60, 105, 120, 155

Carpathian Basin 20, 22, 33, 38, 53-57, 61, 67, 112, 120, 130

Carwitz 228

Casimir see Kazimierz I

Caspian Sea 61, 139, 141

Catalaunian Plains 33, 54

Caucasus; Caucasian region 56, 62, 65, 69, 141

Celts; Celtic 9, 12, 15-19, 24, 25, 29, 32, 83, 88, 168, 234

Celtic, language 12, 15, 17

Celto-Germans 25

Central Bohemian Massif 98, 177

Central Europe 12, 13, 18, 19, 29, 32, 33, 35, 37, 39-41, 43, 54, 56, 63, 66, 67, 69, 71, 77-79, 84, 105, 106, 120, 126, 151, 153, 158, 178, 186, 194, 195, 209, 234

Central European Slavs 56, 65, 74, 75

Český Brod 71

Česlav, prince of the Croats (931-60) 126

Charlemagne (Charles I the Great), king of the Franks (768-814) and Holy Roman Emperor (800-14) 37, 56, 72-75, 77, 105, 112, 125, 211, 228

Charles II the Bald, king of the Western Franks (843-77) and Holy Roman Emperor (875-7) 119

Charles III the Fat, king of Italy (879-87), Holy Roman Emperor (881-7), king of Germany (882-7), king of France (884-7) 110

Charváti (Czech Croats) 174

—, Eastern 174

—, Western 174

Chbané, tribe 174

Cheb 73

Cheresheto 135

Chernigov 145, 146

Chernyakhov 20-22

Chernyakhov culture 17, 18, 20-22, 25, 26

China 53

Chinese 55, 56

Chizzini, tribe 226

Chodlik 194

Chors, Slav god 87

Christian (10th c.), monk, chronicler 178, 190

Christianity, adoption of; Christianization 57, 61, 62, 65, 66, 73, 75, 78, 83, 84, 92, 96, 100, 107, 119, 122, 125, 126, 134, 141-143, 172, 175, 179, 186, 190, 192, 201, 209, 211

Chuď, tribe 50

Chudskoye Lake see Peipus

Chunni, tribe 56

Church Slavnic, language 17, 147

Chutizi, tribe 215

Cirzipani, tribe 217, 220-222, 226

Clement I, Saint, pope (a.d. 88-97) 107

Clement (9th c.), disciple of St Methodius 132, 135

Clovis I (Chlodovech), king of the Franks (481-511) 66

Cnut Vl see Canute VI

Codex Assemianus (Assemani codex glagoliticus, 11th c.) 107

Constantine (Cyril), Saint (827-69), apostle of the Slavs 17, 39, 75, 107, 109, 112, 113, 116, 117, 120, 135, 141

onstantine VII Porphyrogenitus, Byzantine emperor (913-59) 41, 45, 107, 132

Constantine, bishop of Preslav (9th/10th c.) 135

Constantinople 42, 56, 68, 129, 132, 134, 139, 141, 145, 229

Coptic 57

Cosmas (d. 1125), Czech chronicler 29, 30, 32, 83, 98, 174, 175, 177, 183, 201

Cottbus 213

Cracow 160, 194, 195, 202, 207; see also Wawel

Crete 39

Crimea 65, 107

Crkvica 42

Croatia 32, 73, 125, 126, 129, 130, 160

—, Dalmatian 126

—, Pannonian 126, 131

 

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Croats 32, 41, 56, 72, 77, 120, 125, 126, 129

—, Czech see Charváti

—, Dalmatian 125

—, Pannonian 125

Crusades 100, 212

Csongrád 55

Csorna 56

Cyril see Constantine, Saint Cyrillic alphabet 107, 132, 135

Czech, Old Father 29, 30, 32, 97, 98

Czech 29, 33, 77, 83, 84, 87, 98, 112, 151, 170, 176, 183, 186, 190, 192, 193, 203

Czech, language 17, 158

Czech-Moravian Uplands 178

Czechoslovakia 12, 22, 37, 111

Czechs 30, 32, 73, 74, 78, 84, 98, 134, 159, 172, 174, 175, 177, 186, 193, 209

 

Dabergotz 152

Dacia 39-41

Dacians 25, 40, 42, 87

Daghestan 65

Dagobert I, king of the Franks (628-39) 68, 69, 72, 73

Dahme, river 213

Dalimil (14th c.), Czech chronicler 32

Dalmatia; Dalmatian 39, 72, 77, 112, 125, 126, 129

Damascus 157 Danes 220, 230

Danube (ancient Istros), river 9, 13, 18, 22, 33, 38, 39, 40, 45, 46, 53-56, 61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 72, 105, 109, 111, 120, 122, 130, 142, 160, 234

Dardania 39

Darius I the Great, king of Persia (521—485 c.) 9, 10

Dazhbog, Slav god 87

Děčané, tribe 174

De conversione Bagoariorum et Carantanorum (9th c.) 105

Demetrius, Saint 39

Deli Dushka, height 134

Denmark; Danish 92-94, 100, 103, 205, 211, 212, 222, 226, 228, 230, 231

Derwan, Serbian prince (7th c.) 68, 69

Desna, river 23, 40, 46, 49, 145

Dessau-Mosigkau 33, 35, 37

Devin (ancient Dowina) 65, 111, 120

Devínska Nová Ves 60, 66

Devnya 61, 63, 68

Dionysus, cult of 42

Dir, leader of the Scandinavians (9th c.) 140, 143

Dnieper (ancient Borysthenes), river 9, 10, 13, 15-18, 20-23, 25-27, 40, 46-51, 65, 78, 139-142, 145, 146

Dniester (ancient Tyres), river 9, 10, 13, 18-22, 26, 40, 46, 47, 94, 139, 140

Doboj 41

Dobrava (Doubravka, d. 977), sister of Boleslav II, wife of Mieszko I 201

Dobrynya (10th c.), uncle of Vladimir I of Russia 96

Dolní Dunajovice 60

Dolní Věstonice 130

Domagoj, prince of the Dalmatian Croats (9th c.) 125

Dome Island 200, 201

Don (ancient Tanais), river 9, 10, 20, 46, 49, 53

Donets 49

Doudlebi, tribe 174

Dowina see Devin

Drahomíra, princess of Bohemia, wife of Vratislav I (10th c.) 178, 180

Drava, river 72, 120

 Dregovichi, tribe 46

Drevlyane, tribe 46, 141

Drina, river 41

Duchcov 175, 177

Dudváh, river 33

Dulebi, tribe 47, 56

Dvina, Western, river 7, 46, 47, 78, 146, 148

Dyggve, Ejnar, Danish archeologist 93

Dyje, river 69, 117

Dyrrhachium 38

Dziedzice see Sukow-Dziedzice type

 

East; Eastern Europe 9, 10, 12, 13, 17, 20, 25, 27, 38, 39, 45, 46, 51, 53, 56, 57, 60-62, 66, 69, 78, 105, 106, 129, 131, 135, 139, 142, 145, 160, 176, 183. 192, 195, 203, 205, 229, 234

Eastern Slavs 17, 26, 41, 43, 45-47, 50, 51, 56, 65, 66, 75, 78, 84, 87, 94, 96, 99, 100, 130, 139, 141, 142, 166

East Germany 17, 22, 43; see also German Democratic Republic

Egypt 57

Elbe, river 13, 16, 18, 19, 29, 33, 35-37, 53, 67, 73, 109, 174, 211, 213, 226, 228

Ems, river 67, 69

England 107; see also Britain

Epirus 38, 39

Eutin, district 99

Erzerites, tribe 40

 

Fehmarn, Iceland 230

Feldberg 88, 94-96

Feldberg, Lake 94

Feldberg type 37, 221

Fenékpuszta (ancient Mogentiana) 56

Fergitz 99

Finland, Gulf of 146 Finno-Ugric 20, 50, 49

Finns; Finnic 10, 13, 17, 46, 47, 50, 87, 140, 146

Fischerinsel 95, 98, 99

France; French 19, 66-68, 174

Frankfurt 73, 174

Frankish Empire 53, 56, 66, 72, 74, 75, 77, 110, 119, 120, 125, 126, 166

Franks; Frankish 66, 68, 69, 72-75, 77, -78, 105, 107, 110, 119, 125, 126, 131, 174, 209, 220, 224, 228

Fredegar, Chronicle of (7th c.) 59, 61, 67, 68, 69, 71, 72

Friesian 207

Friuli 130

Friulian Mark 72

Fulda abbey 105, 110, 113, 120; see also Annates Fuldenses

 

Gallus Anonymus (12th c.), Polish chronicler 197

Gamzigrad 42

Garvan-Staretsa 45

Gaudentius see Radim Gaul 53, 66

Gdańsk 159, 202, 206, 207

Gepids, people 13, 38, 40, 56

German Democratic Republic 17, 33, 35, 37, 95, 99, 101, 152, 158, 164, 209, 213; see also East Germany

German Federal Republic 209

Germanic, language 15, 17

Germanization 209, 212

Germans; Germanic, German 9, 11-15, 17-20, 24-27, 29, 32, 33, 35, 36, 38, 53-56, 65, 66, 72, 73, 83, 92, 148, 166, 179, 197, 202, 207, 209, 211, 212, 224, 228, 230, 234

Germany 19, 37, 112, 115, 120, 197, 211

Gero (c. 900—965), German margrave 211

Gerovit (Jarovit) 99

Giecz 202, 206

Glagolitic alphabet 107, 132, 135

Glopeane see Gopłane

Gnezdovo 50

Gniezno 195-197, 199, 201, 202

Godfred (d. 810), king of Denmark 226, 228

Gojnik, Serbian prince of the dynasty of župans (9th c.) 126

Golden Horde 148

Gopłane (Glopeane), tribe 195

Goplo, Lake 195, 197, 201

Görke 99

Gostomysl, lord mayor of Novgorod 146

Gothic style 179, 192

Goths; Gothic 12, 13, 15, 20, 33, 40, 53, 55

Gotland, iceland 230

Gottschalk, prince of the Obodrites (11th c.) 211

Great Moravian Empire see Moravia, Great

Great Russian peoples 50

Greece; Greek 9, 10, 38-40, 42, 44, 62, 77, 107, 112, 116, 128, 131, 134, 168

Greek, language 15, 107, 135

Greeks 9, 15, 24, 42, 78, 83, 139, 145, 146

Grody Czerwieńskie 142

Gryfice, district 96

Gunthigis, king of the Goths (6th c.) 13

 

Haemus see Balkan Mountains

Haithabu see Hedeby

Halberstadt 94

Halle 72

Hamburg 376, 209, 228

Hanover 209

Havel, river 212

Hebrus see Maritsa

Hecataeus of Miletus (6th/5th c. B.C.), Greek historian and geographer 9

Hedčany 202

Hedeby (Haithabu) 226, 228

Hellenistic period 42, 134

Helmold of Bosau (c. 1125—c. 1177), German chronicler 91, 211

Chronica Slavorum 91, 211, 228

Henry I the Fowler, duke of Saxony (912), king of Germany (919-36) 211, 214

enry II, king of Germany (1002-24) and Holy Roman Emperor (1014-24) 197

Henry III, king of Germany (1039—56), Holy Roman Emperor (1046-56) 179, 197

Henry the Lion, duke of Saxony (1142—81) and of Bavaria (1155-81) 100, 212, 229

Henry, prince of the Obodrites (1093—1127) 211, 228

Hephtalites (White Huns) 56

Heraclius I, Byzantine emperor (610—41) 72, 125

Herder, Johann Gottfried von (1744-1803), German philosopher and historian 166

Heřman, prince of Bohemia (9th c.) 75, 175

Herodotus (c. 484—c.420 B.C.), Greek historian 9, 10, 15

History (Histories apodexis) 9

Herrmann, Joachim, German archeologist 95

Heruli, tribe 12

Heveldi, tribe 211

Hildigis (6th c.), Lombard warrior 13

Hittites (Anatolians) 15

Hlincea type 43

Hodonín 111

Holiare 60-63, 67

Holmgardr see Novgorod

Holstein 36, 209, 211, 228

Holy Land 106

Hornhausen 72

Hradčany Castle see Prague Castle

Hradiště 117

Hradsko-Kanina (Canburg) 73, 77, 78

Hron, river 12, 33

Hun Empire 54, 55

Hungarian Plains 39, 56, 120

Hungarians 110, 120, 130; see also Magyars Hungarian state 122

Hungary; Hungarian 12, 13, 19, 38, 53, 55-57, 60, 69, 73, 117, 119, 211, 122, 130, 131

Huns; Hun 20, 22, 33, 38, 40, 53-57, 65, 151

Husyatin 87

Hvar, island 126

Hypanis see Bug

 

Ibn Fadhlan (10th c.), Arabian traveller and geographer 45, 85

Ibn Khūrdādbih (9th c.), Arabian traveller and geographer 45

Ibrāhīm ibn Ya'qūb (10th c.), Jewish merchant from Spain 158, 159, 166. 167, 189, 194, 195, 222, 229

Iceland 229

Igor, grand prince of Kiev (912-45) 141

Illyria 72

Illyrian, language 15, 17

Illyrians; Illyrian 12, 15-18, 24, 25

Il'men', Lake 47, 50, 90, 96, 146

India 85

Indians; Indian 15, 83, 87, 88

Indo-European languages 15, 17

Indo-Europeans; Indo-European 12, 15, 16, 24, 25, 42, 83, 87, 88

Indo-Iranian languages 15

Ipel', river 33

Iran 57

Iranian languages 17, 83

Iranians; Iranian 10-13, 15, 17, 18, 23, 25-27, 40, 53, 55, 56, 60, 83

Irish mission 112, 115

Iron Age 18, 23

Isaccea 40

Iskar, river 63

Iskorosten 46

Islam 160

Israelites 32

Istria (Istrian peninsula) 72, 125, 130

Istros see Danube

Italic, language 15

Itals 18

Italy 38, 42, 54, 56, 112, 116, 120

Ityl 65

Iustiniana Prima 42

Ivan III the Great, grand prince of Moscow (1462-1505) 148

Ivan IV the Terrible, grand prince of Moscow (1533-84) and tsar of Russia (1547-84) 148

Ivankovtsy 94

 

Jankowo 96

Jaromarl, prince of Rügen (1170-1217) 228

Jaromír, prince of Bohemia (1003, 1004-12, 1033-4) 197

Jasmund Bay 229

Jastorf culture 19

Jászmonostor 55

Jazca of Köpenick, Slav prince (1153—7) 228

Jelling style 228

Johann of Marienburg (d. 1066), bishop 94

John VIII, pope (872-82) 119

John the Exarch (9th/10th c.), Bulgarian writer 135

Jómsburg see Vineta

Jordanes (6th c.), Latin historian 12, 13, 22, 23, 25, 29, 35, 40, 55, 69

Jove see Jupiter

Juan-Juan, tribe 56

Jupiter (Jove), supreme Roman god 83, 87

Justin I, Byzantine emperor (518—27) 38

Justinian I the Great, Byzantine emperor (527-65) 38, 40

 

Kama, river 57

Kamien' 206

Kanina see Hradsko-Kanina

Kashubian, language 37

Kazimierz I (Casimir), king of Poland (1034-58) 197

Kharkov 49

Khazars 49, 62, 65, 107, 140, 141

Khoriv, one of Kiev legendary founders 142

Khrabr (10th c.), Bulgarian monk 135

            Concerning Slavonic Letters 135

Kiel Bay 228

Kiev; Kievan 20, 23, 40, 46, 49, 65, 84, 87, 136, 142, 145, 146, 160, 194, 202; see also Andreyev Hill; Kiselevka; Podol

Kievan Russia (Kievan state) 45, 51, 65, 106, 142, 145, 146, 157, 194

Kiev Castle 143

Kiev Chronicle (11th c.) 84

Kiev type (Late Zarubintsy culture) 20, 21, 26

Kiselevka Hill 142, 145

Kiy, one of Kiev legendary founders 142

Kleshchino, Lake 47

Klis 125

Klučov 71, 73

Knut VI see Canute VI

Kocel (d. 876), prince of Mosapurc 119-122, 125

Kokořín 73

Kolín 178

Kołobrzeg 206

Kolochin-Tushemlya type 23, 25, 27, 40, 49

 

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Koos, island 230, 231

Korchak 20, 21

Korchak type 19, 21-23, 25, 32, 40, 43, 47, 49

Korchak Prague type see Prague-Korchak type

Korčula, island 126

Korenica 88

Kottlach 130

Kottlach (Carinthian) culture 130

Kouřim 97, 178; see also Old Kouřim

Krak, mythical founder of Cracow 194

Kriva, river 62

Krivichi, tribe 47, 50, 146, 148

Krok, legendary prince of Bohemia 174

Krum, Bulgarian khan (803-14) 56, 72, 73, 119, 129, 131, 132, 134

Kruszwica 195, 197, 199, 201

Kujawy region 195, 197, 201

Kutrigurs, tribe 42, 56

Kuvrat, leader of the Kutrigurs and Utigurs (7th c.) 56

 

Ląd 195

Ladoga (Aldeigjuborg) 50, 146, 148

Ladoga, Lake 146, 148

Ladozhka, river 148

Late Zarubintsy culture see Kiev type

Latin, language 83, 107, 176, 178, 183, 190, 192

Latvia 50

Latvian, language 17

Latvians 17

Leban 42

Lech Hill 199

Łęczyca 97, 99, 202

Lednica, Lake, 202

Legend of St Wenceslas (10th c.) 153

Lekhitic group of languages 37

Lemuzi, tribe 174, 175, 177, 178

Lendizi (Lędziane), tribe 195

Leningrad (founded as St Petersburg, renamed Petrograd) 148

Leo I the Great, pope (440—61) 54

Levý Hradec 172, 174, 179, 184

Libice 177, 179

Libuše, legendary princess of Bohemia, founder of the Přemyslid dynasty 174, 177, 183

Libušin 87, 93, 159, 166, 174, 177

Libušinka, lake 97

Life of Methodius 194

Life of St Adalbert 206

Limes Saxonicus 73

Limes Sorabicus 73

Lithuania 50

Lithuanian, language 17, 83

Lithuanians 17

Litoměřici, tribe 174

Liubusua 214

Liutizi see Veletians

Ljudevit, prince of Pannonian Croats (819-33) 72, 125

Łódź 99

Lombards 13, 29, 33, 36, 38, 54, 56, 70

Louis I the Pious, Holy Roman Emperor and king of the Franks (814-40) 73, 125

Louis II the German, king of the East Franks (817-43) and king of Germany (843-76) 74, 110, 111, 119, 125

Louny 32, 33, 151

Lovať, river 50, 146

Lower Lusatia see Lusatia

Lübeck (ancient Lubek) 91, 202, 212, 228, 230

Lübeck Bay 228

Lučané, tribe 174, 175, 177

Ludmifa, Saint (860-921), wife of Bořivoj I of Bohemia 172, 176, 178

Lug I; Lug II 23

Luitbert, archbishop of Mayence (9th c.) 75, 175

Luka Raykovetskaya type 40, 43, 47

Luka Zhidyata, bishop of Novgorord (11th c.) 145-147

            Teaching the Brethren 147

Lusatia; Lusatian 37, 213, 214

—, Lower 37, 213, 214

—, Upper 213

Lusatian culture 18

Lusatian Hills 213

Lusatians 214

Lusatian-Sorbian, language 37

Lusatian Sorbs 69, 209, 213, 217; Sorbian 68, 73, 211

Lyubech 145

 

Macedonia; Macedonian 38, 39, 42, 77, 131, 132, 135

Macedonian, language 17

Madara 78

Madara, massif 135

Magdeburg 100, 211

Magyars 53, 113, 120, 122, 131, 140, 151, 167, 176; see also Hungarians

Main, river 67, 73

Maiotis see Azov, Sea of

Makarov, island 24

Malamir, khan of the Bulgars (831-52) 131, 134

Málaren, lake 205 Marcomanni, tribe 12, 29

Marcomannia 12

Marcus Aurelius (Marcus Annius Verus), Roman emperor (161-80) 12, 29 Meditations 12

Margum 42

Maritsa (ancient Hebrus), river 42

Mars, Roman god 92

Martynovka type 40—42, 44

Mas'ūdī (d. 956), Arabian traveller and geographer 45

Maurice (Mauricius Flavius Tiberius), Byzantine emperor (582-602) 39

Mazovia 202, 205

Mecklenburg (ancient Mikelenburg) 36, 38, 158, 160, 202, 209, 212, 217, 220, 222, 224, 228

Mediterranean Sea 12, 18, 140, 160, 234

Mediterranean type 60

Meissen 211

Melanchlaini, tribe 10, 11

Mělník 77

Memel, river 11

Menkendorf type 221

Merovingian dynasty 66, 67

Merseburg 94, 99, 195, 214

Merya, tribe 47, 50

Methodius, Saint (825-85), apostle of the Slavs 17, 39, 75, 78, 107, 109, 112, 113, 116, 117, 120, 131, 132, 134, 135, 141, 175, 179

Metz 74

Michael III, Byzantine emperor (842—67) 107, 112, 141

Middle Ages; medieval 16, 27, 30, 37, 45, 49, 50, 112, 130, 148, 151, 152, 157, 164, 166, 168, 201, 202, 217, 220, 228, 232, 234

Mieszko I, prince of Poland (960-92) 164, 193, 195, 196, 201

Mieszko II, prince of Poland (1023-34) 197, 201

Mikelenburg see Mecklenburg

Mikulčice 70, 105, 111-113, 115, 117

Milešovka, mount 98

Milings, tribe 40

Milizani, tribe 213

Mlada (10th c.), abbess, sister of Boleslav II 190

Mljet, island 126

Modrá 115

Moesia 39, 42, 43, 61, 131

Mogentiana see Fenékpuszta

Moissac Chronicle (9th c.) 174

Mojmír, prince of Great Moravia (830—46) 73, 74, 107, 112, 119

Mojslav, prince of Bohemia (9th c.) 75, 175

Mokosh, Slav goddess 87

Moldavia 40

Mongols; Mongolian 53, 56, 142

Morava, river 33, 42, 65, 69, 105, 111, 113, 117, 120

Moravia; Moravian 13, 32, 33, 35, 55, 60, 69, 73-75, 78, 105, 107, 109, 110, 117-120, 130, 132, 134, 153-155, 159, 160, 168, 172, 175-179, 186, 194, 196, 202

—, Great (Great Moravian Empire) 57, 67, 70, 78, 92, 105-107, 110-113, 115-117, 119, 120, 122, 126, 130, 135, 160, 174-176, 178, 179, 194

Moravian Gate 194

Moravians 73, 74, 110-112

Mordva 49

Mosapurc (urbs Paludarum) 119-122

Moscow 96, 148

Moses 32

Moskawa, river 202

Motiawa, river 206

Msta, river 146

Mstislav Vladimirovich (d. 1036), prince of Tmutarakan' and Chernigov 145

Mstivoj, leader of the Slav uprising (10th c.) 211

Muroma, tribe 47, 50

Mursia, lake 13

Mušiči 41

Mutawakkil, caliph of Samara (847-61) 107

Mutimir (d. c. 890), Serbian prince of the dynasty of župans 126

 

Nagyszentmiklós see Sannicolăulmare

Napoleon I, emperor of the French (1804—15) 33

Narentans, tribe 126

Naum (9th c.), disciple of St Methodius 132, 135

Near East 140

Nebo, mount 32

Neisse, river 211

Nejdek 117

Neklan, prince of Bohemia (9th c.) 175

Nemogardas see Novgorod

Neolithic period 18, 157

Neretva, river 126

Nestor (11th c.), Russian chronicler 145, 146

Primary Chronicle (Povesť vremennykh let) 142, 145, 146

Neubrandenburg 95, 98, 99

Neu Nieköhr 160, 221, 224

Neuri, tribe 10, 11

Neuruppin 152

Neva, river 146

Nicephorus I, Byzantine emperor (802—11) 39, 131, 132, 134

Nicholas I, pope (858—67) 107

Niederlandin 211

Nieman 17

Niklot (d. 1161), prince of the Obodrites 212, 226

Nin (ancient Aenona) 125, 126

Nisani, tribe 213

Nitra, princedom 74, 107, 119-121

Nitra, river 33, 119

Noricum 72

Normandy; Norman 85, 88, 229

Norsemen 140

North; Northern; Northern Europe 160, 183, 202, 205

North-Western Slavs 209-233

Norwegia; Norwegian 229, 230

Nové Zámky 60, 61

Novgorod (ancient Holmgardr or Nemo- gards) 47, 50, 87, 90, 96, 141, 143, 145-148, 205

Novgorod Chronicles 96, 147, 149

Novietunum (ancient Noviodunum) 13, 40

Novi Pazar 62, 69

Novotroitskoye 48 — 50

Nura, river 10

Nurland 10

Nurzec, river 10

Nuşfalău 40

 

Obodrites; Obodrite 73, 87, 100, 209, 211, 220, 224, 226, 228, 229

Obodrite state 228, 229

Oder, river 17-19, 21, 25, 26, 36, 37, 99, 202, 209, 211, 213, 226

Ohře, river 29, 33, 35, 73, 174

Ohrid 132, 135, 14 2

Oka, river 17, 47, 49

Olbia 9

Oldenburg (ancien: Starigrad) 202, 211, 228

Oldenburg canal 228

Old (Stará) Kouřim 92, 176; see also Kouřim

Old Lübeck 228, 229; see also Lübeck

Oldřich, prince of Bohemia (1012-34) 177, 197

Oleg, prince of Novgorod, grand prince of Kiev (879-912) 141

Olga (d. 967), princess of Novgorod 141

Omortag, khan of the Bulgars (814-31) 61, 73, 119, 129, 131, 132, 134, 135

Opolanie, tribe 202

Opole 100, 159, 203, 206, 207

Oradea 40

Ordessos see Siret

Ore Mountains 177

Orient; Oriental 50, 57, 84, 87, 141, 157, 159, 160

Orpheus, cult of 42

Ostmark 73

Ostrogoths 42, 53

Ostromir, mayor of Novgorod (11th c.) 147

            Ostromir Gospel (1056—7) 147

Ostrów Lednicki 195, 202, 206

Otto I the Great, king of Germany (936-73), Holy Roman Emperor (962-73) 211

Otto II, king of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (973-83) 211

Otto III, king of Germany (983-1002), Holy Roman Emperor (996-1002) 211

Ottonian dynasty 179

Ovruch 46

 

Pannonia 53, 55, 56, 72, 73, 117, 119, 120, 125, 126

Passau 107

Patleyna monastery 131, 135

Patras 39, 81

Pechenegs, tribe 49, 65, 131, 140, 142

Pechora monastery 140, 145

Peene, river 221

Pegnitz, river 73

Peipus (Chudskoye), Lake 146, 148

Peloponnese 39, 40, 81

Pen'kovka type 22-25, 40, 47, 49

Pépin (Pippin) III the Short, king of the Franks (751-68) 72

Persian Empire 65

Persian Gulf, 202

Persians 39

Perun, Slav god 83, 87, 90, 96

Peryn' 87, 90, 96

Peter I the Great, tsar of Russia (1682 -1725) 148

Peter, brother of Bulgarian tsar Asen (12th c.) 135

Philip II, king of Macedon (356-336 nr.) 42

Philippopolis see Plovdiv

Photius, patriarch of Constantinople (858-67, 877-86) 107

Piast, Polish legendary founder of the Piast dynasty 199

Piasts, Polish dynasty 193, 197, 199, 201, 202, 205

Piwonice 36

Pleskow see Pskov

Pliny the Elder (Gaius Plinius Secundus, 23—79), Roman writer and administrator 11

            Natural History (a.d. 77), 11

Pliska 61, 62, 78, 112, 129, 130, 132, 134, 135

Płock 202, 205

Plön, Lake 91

Plovdiv (ancient Philippopolis) 42

Pobedim 120

Podol 145

Pohansko 92, 117, 118

Pohořelice 60

Polabian, language 17, 37

Polabian Slavs; Polabian 84, 87, 96, 98, 100, 209-211, 220, 226, 228

Poland; Polish 10, 11, 14, 19, 22, 32, 36, 37, 47, 55, 87, 88, 96, 97, 99, 100, 142, 151, 158-160, 164, 177, 193-207

—, Greater (Wielkopolska or Polonia Maior) 194, 195

—, Little (Małopolska or Polonia Minor) 193

Polanie 193-195

Poles 84, 176, 209, 220, 230

 

238

 

 

Polish, language 17, 37

Polish state 193, 194, 197, 201, 209, 213

Poloehane, tribe 47

Poloť 47

Polotsk 47, 145

Polovtsi, tribe 142

Polyane, tribe 46, 140, 142

Polychronos 107

Pomerania; Pomeranian 18, 20, 36, 96, 195, 206, 229, 230

Pomeranian state 205

Pomeranians 209

Pompeii 220

Popiel, legendary prince of Gniezno 197, 201

Porenutius, Slav god 88

Porevit, Slav god 88

Portus Sanigallorum 148

Poznán' 195, 200-202

Prague 29, 32, 97, 153, 158-160, 169, 174, 176, 178-180, 183, 184, 186, 189, 192, 194. 197, 201, 202; see also Vyšehrad; Žiži

Prague Castle 97, 167, 168, 179, 183, 186, 190, 192, 194, 201

Prague-Korchak type 25, 26, 36

Prague type 22, 32, 33, 35, 36, 41, 43, 72, 112, 169, 177

Pregel 17

Pre-Kurgan culture 50

Přemyslids, Bohemian dynasty (9th—13th cc.) 174, 176, 177, 179, 193, 197

Přemysl the Ploughman, legendary founder of the Přemyslid dynasty 151, 175, 177, 199

Prenzlau 99

Preslav 61, 62, 78, 112, 130-132, 134, 135

Prešov type 33

Pribina (d. 861), prince of Nitra and of Mosapurc 74, 107, 119-122

Pribislav (Pribislaw-Heinrich) of Brandenburg, prince of the Obodrites (1127—56), 211, 212, 228

Primary Chronicle see Nestor

Pripyať, river 17, 20, 21, 25, 26, 40, 46, 47

Pripyať Forest 19

Priscus (d. 472), Greek historian 55, 56

Přítluky 32

Pritzerbe 212

Procopius of Caesareia (d. c. 562), Byzantine historian 12, 13, 29, 35, 83, 151

Promised Land 32

Proto-Bulgars see Bulgars

Proto-Indo-European, language 12

Prša 60, 61

Prussia 201

Prussian, language 17

Prussians 206

Prut (ancient Pyretos) 9, 20, 40, 47

Przemyśl 142, 202, 206

Przeworsk culture 9, 14, 17, 19-22, 25, 26, 36, 37

Pseudo-Caesarius Nazianus (6th c.) 12

            Dialogi 12

Pskov (Pleskow) 50, 148

Pskova, river 148

Pšované, tribe 174

Psyol, river 49

Ptolemy (Claudius Ptolemaeus, 2nd c.), Greek astronomer and geographer 11, 12

Pyretos see Prut

 

Quadi, tribe 12, 29

 

Radim (Gaudentius), archbishop of Gniezno (early 11th c.) 201

Radimichi, tribe 47, 141, 142

Radogost (Radegast or Radigast), Slav god 87

Radvaň 63

Ralswiek 229, 230

Rani, tribe 222

Raška (Rascia) 126

Rastislav (Rostislav), prince of Great Moravia (846-70) 74, 75, 105, 107, 109-113, 119, 135

Ratbod, administrator of the Ostmark (9th c.) 119

Ravki 47

Récéskút, island 120, 122

Recknitz, river 221

Rednitz, river 73

Regensburg 73, 75, 174, 176

Reric 224, 226, 228; see also Mecklenburg

Retharii, tribe 87, 94, 226

Rethra 87, 88, 94, 95, 100

Rhine, river 18, 192

Rhineland 55, 157, 159, 160, 167, 202, 205, 234

Rhône 18

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay Andreyevich (1844-1908), Russian composer 146

            Sadko, opera 146

Říp, mount 29, 30, 98

Roman Empire 12, 20, 25, 29, 38, 40, 42, 53, 66, 73, 87, 105, 176

Romanesque style 119, 147, 179, 192, 199, 205

Romania 13, 40, 41, 43, 47, 63, 128

Romanian, language 41

Romanians; Romanian 10, 40, 41, 130, 131

Romanization 40-42, 56, 66, 129

Romans; Roman 11, 12, 15, 19, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27, 33, 36, 39, 40, 42, 55, 56, 63, 66, 83, 84, 88, 92, 134, 135, 160, 234

Romanticism 166

Rome 18, 38, 54, 107, 120, 131, 134, 195

Rommy group 49

Rommy-Borshevo type 48, 49

Ros', river 141

Rostov 50

Rostov, Lake 47

Rostov-Suzdal', land 50

Rügen, island 86, 88, 91, 92, 103, 212, 222, 229, 230

Rugi, tribe 33

Rugievit, Slav god 88

Ruppin, Lake 98

Rurik (d. 879), Varangian chief 146, 148

Rurik dynasty, of Russia (9th—16th cc.) 146

Russia 9, 49, 78, 87, 96, 100, 136, 139, 142, 143, 145-148, 158, 160, 164, 178, 202

—, Kievan see Kievan Russia

—, Lower 141

—, Upper 50, 141, 146

Russian, language 17

Russians; Russian 18, 20, 21, 41, 46, 85, 107, 131, 132, 135, 139, 141-143, 146, 229

Ryazan' 49

 

Saale, river 35, 37, 73, 109, 211, 213

Sadko, Novgorod merchant 146; see also Rimsky-Korsakov

Sady 116, 117

St Martin's Hill 119

St Petersburg see Leningrad

Salaška, brook 113

Saltovo-Mayatskaya culture 62, 65

Salzburg 119, 120

Samo (d. 658), Frankish merchant, founder of the first Slav empire 56, 68—73, 160

Samo, Empire of 67, 69-71, 74, 77, 105

Sannicoláulmare (ancient Nagyszentmiklós) 128, 158

Sara, river 50

Saracenes 81

Sarai 148

Sárata Monteoru 42

Sarkel 49

Sarmatia 9, 12

Sarmatians, tribe 11, 15, 20, 23, 25, 40, 53-56, 62

Sarskoye 50

Sassanid dynasty 57, 65

Sauromati, tribe 10

Sava, river 13, 72

Saxo Grammaticus (1150-1206 or 1216), Danish priest and chronicler 92, 93, 222

Saxons 36, 67, 73, 209, 211, 220, 228, 230

Saxony; Saxon 33, 100, 176, 179, 194, 212, 215

Sázava monastery 192

Scandinavia 13, 20, 50, 160, 168, 178, 205, 228, 229, 231

Scandinavians; Scandinavian 15, 50, 78, 140-143, 146, 148, 167, 202, 203, 226, 228, 229

Schleswig 226, 228

Schlossberg 88, 94

Schuchhardt, Carl, German archeologist 92-95

Schwaan 164 Schwedt 99 Sclaveni 13, 23, 25, 26

Scythia 9, 10

Scythians 9, 10, 15, 18, 20, 25, 53

—, Nomad 11

—, Ploughmen 10

—, Royal 11

Scythian-Sarmatian base 20

Sedličané, tribe 174

Sedov, Valentin Vasilyevich, Soviet archeologist 96

Seim, river 17, 46

Selpuli, tribe 213

Semargl, Slav god 87

Sens 68

Serbia; Serbian 42, 73, 126, 130, 131

Serbo-Croat, language 17

Serbs 32, 41, 56, 72, 77, 107, 125, 131

Seversky Donets, river 49

Severyane, tribe 46, 48, 49, 141, 145

Shchek, one of Kiev legendary founders 142

Shumen 61, 134

Siberia 57

Sicharius, Frankish envoy of king Dagobert (7th c.) 68, 71

Sicily 229

Sigebert I, king of Austrasia (561—75) 56

Silesia 37, 195, 206

Silistra 45

Singidunum see Belgrade

Siret or Sereth (ancient Ordessos) 9, 40

Sirmium see Srem

Sisak 125

Sivin, Preslav district administrator (early 10th c.) 131, 135

Skibintsy 32

Škorpil, Karel, Czech scholar 134

Slavitah, ruler of a Bohemian tribe (9th c.) 74

Slavkov (Austeriitz) 33

Slavníks, princely family of Bohemia (10th c.) 176, 179

Slavo-Avar culture 40, 55, 60, 61, 63, 66, 69, 112, 129, 130

Slavo-Baltic coast 228

Slavo-Byzantine contents 81

Slavo-Finnic population 50

Slavo-Germanic coexistence 33, 69

Slavonia, 73

Slavonic alphabet 109; see also Cyrillic; Glagolitic

Slavonic language (lingua slavica) 15—17, 23, 26, 39, 65, 71, 74, 132, 135, 141, 142, 220

Slavonic literature 192, 234

Slovak, language 17

Slovakia 12, 13, 22, 29, 32, 33, 35, 55, 56, 60-63, 66, 67, 69, 74, 79, 87, 107, 117, 120, 130, 196

Slovaks 84, 193

Slovene 47, 12, 50, 146

Slovene, language 17

Slovenes; Slovenian 125, 129, 130

Slovenia 130

Smolensk 50

Smolyane, tribe 63

Song of the Nibelungs, The 54

South-Eastern Europe 38, 54, 66, 67, 105, 112, 115, 234

Southern Europe 38, 56, 84, 183

Southern Slavs 17, 26, 41, 51

Spain 158, 189

Spicymierz 14

Split 125

Spree, river 213

Spreewald 213

Spytihněv I, prince of Bohemia (894—c.905) 176, 178, 180, 190

Spytihněv II, prince of Bohemia (1055—61) 192

Sprewani, tribe 213

Spytimír, prince of Bohemia (9th c.) 75, 175

Srem (ancient Sirmium) 73, 120, 131

Staraya Ladoga 148

Staraya Ryazan' 49

Staré Město 110-113, 115-117, 154, 160

Starigrad see Oldenburg

Stephen, St, king of Hungary (1000-38) 122

Stettin see Szczecin

Stodorani, tribe 211

Stradów 194

Stribog, Slav god 87

Strojimir, Serbian prince of the dynasty of župans (9th c.) 126

Strojmir, leader of a pagan uprising against Bořivoj I (9th c.) 100, 190

Štúrovo 61, 63

Styr, river 109

Styria 72, 125

Sudeten, mountains 56

Sukow 38, 39, 221, 222, 224

Sukow-Dziedzice type 37

Sula, river 46, 146

Suobeni, tribe 12

Svantovit, Slav god 83, 86-88, 91, 92, 94, 99, 103, 229

Svarog, Slav god 87, 94

Svazozhich, Slav god 87, 94

Svatopluk, prince of Great Moravia (870—94) 75, 78, 107, 109, 110, 117, 119, 120, 135, 176, 194

Sven (Sweyn) III, king of Denmark (1147-57) 92

Světislav, prince of Bohemia (9th c.) 75, 175

Svinka, river 50

Svyatoslav (d. 972), prince of Kiev 65, 141

Sweden; Swedish 140, 141, 205, 230

Swedes 146

Symeon I the Great, tsar of Bulgaria (893-927) 100, 126, 130-133, 135

Szczaworyż 194

Szczecin (Stettin) 87, 88, 195, 205

Szolnok Comitatus 60

 

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius (c. 55—c.120) 11, 25, 83

            Germania 11

Taman' 49

Tanais see Dnieper

Tatar invasion 148

Taygetus, mountains 40

Teplice 177

Teterev, river 21

Teterów 160, 217, 219, 221, 222

Tetín 174

Thebes 39

Theodore, Saint 131, 135

Theodoric I the Great (d. 562), king of the Ostrogoths 42

Theodosius, bishop of Nin (9th c.) 125

Theodosius II, Byzantine emperor (408—50) 55

Theophylact Simocattos (Simocatta or Simocatos or Simocates, 7th c.), Byzantine historian 37

Thessalonica 39, 107, 117, 120, 141, 168

Thessaly 38, 44

Thietmar, bishop of Merseburg (10th c.) 94, 96, 195, 214

Thietmar of Saxony, bishop of Prague (10th c.) 176

Thor, Germanic god 83, 87

Thrace (ancient Thracia) 42, 43, 131

Thracian, language 15, 17

Thracians; Thracian 10, 12, 15, 17, 20, 24, 25, 42, 134

Thuringia 37, 55, 56, 209

Thuringians 54, 67, 68

Thyssageti, tribe 10

Tiasmin, river 22

Tiberius (Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus), Roman emperor (14-37) 12, 42

Ticha, river 135

Timerevo 50

Tisza, river 13, 19, 53, 56, 73, 107, 109, 119, 131

Tivertsi, tribe 47

Tmutarakan' 145

Tokharians 15

Tolenseni, tribe 226

Tollense, Lake 95, 99

Tomislav, king of Croatia (910-28) 126

Tornow 213-215

Tornow type 37

Törtel 57

 

239

 

 

Trajan (Marcus Aurelius Trajanus), Roman emperor (98-117) 12, 87

Transylvania 10, 40, 130

Trebel, river 221

Trenčín 12

Triglav, Slav god 87, 88, 205

Trojan, Slav god 87

Troyes 54

Trubezh, river 145

Trzebiatów 96

Tsar Krum 61

Turco-Tatars; Turco-Tatar 40, 43, 53, 56, 61, 63, 68

Turks; Turkish 40, 53, 62, 65, 128, 134

Tushemlya 27

Tyres see Dnieper

 

Uars, tribe 56

Ucenus (Wenno, 10th c.), priest 178

Ukraine; Ukrainian 19-21, 32, 40-43, 51, 53, 54, 56, 61, 62, 65, 69, 94, 139, 142, 151

Ukrainian, language 17

Ulichi, tribe 47

urbs Paludarum see Mosapurc

Urnfield culture 18

Utigurs, tribe 56

 

Vadim the Brave, Slovene chief of Novgorod (9th c.) 146

Váh, river 33, 120

Valday Hills 146

Valdemar I the Great, king of Denmark (1157-82) 103, 212, 230

Valy 105, 111

Varangians 78, 139, 141, 142, 146, 148

Varna 63, 68

Varni 13

Vársziget (Castle Island) 120, 122

Velatice 32

Velehrad 113, 117

Veles (Volos), Slav god 87

Veletians (Liutizi) 73, 100, 209, 211, 212, 220, 221, 226

Veligrad 228; see also Reric; Mecklenburg

Velikaya, river 148

Veliko Tárnovo 135

Velislav Bible (14th c.) 153, 156, 159, 192

Venedi 9, 11-13, 19, 25, 68, 69

Venedian Bay 11; see also Baltic Sea

Venedian Mountains 11; see also Carpathians

Venedi-Slavic element 19

Venetians 126

Venice 12, 39, 126

Ves', tribe 47, 50

Viching, bishop of Nitra (9th c.) 119

Vienna (ancient Vindobona) 12

Vienna Woods 69

Vikings; Viking 148, 168, 207, 228-230

Vineta (Jómsburg) 202

Vis, island 126

Visdom of the Prophet Isiah, The 132

Višeslav, prince of the Dalmatian Groats (9th c.) 125

Višeslav, Serbian prince, founder of the dynasty of župans (8th c.) 126

Visigoths 53, 56

Vistula, river 9, 10, 13, 17-19, 21, 26, 36, 41, 194, 205, 206, 209, 212

Vistulanians (Wiślanie) 194, 195

Vitislav, prince of Bohemia (9th c.) 75, 175

Vladimir I the Great or Saint, prince of Novgorod (969—1015), grand prince of Kiev (980-1015) 78, 96, 136, 142, 143, 145, 146, 164

Vladimir II Monomakh, grand prince of Kiev (1113-25) 142

Vladimir Yaroslavovich, prince of Novgorod (11th c.) 145

Vladimir, tsar of Bulgaria (889-93) 100, 134

Vlastimir, Serbian prince of the dynasty of župans (9th c.) 126

Vlastislav, site 170, 177

Vlastislav, ruler of the Lučané (9th c.) 175,

Vltava, river 29, 174, 179, 183, 184, 192

Vojnomir, prince of the Pannonian Croats (8th c.) 125

Vojtěch, St see Adalbert

Volga, river 17, 20, 46, 47, 50, 61, 62, 65, 69, 141, 146, 148, 160

Volhynia; Volhynian 19, 56 Volkhov, river 78, 90, 96, 143, 146, 148

Vorskla, river 49

Vratislav I, prince of Bohemia (905—920) 178, 180, 190

Vratislav II, prince (1061—85) and king (1085-92) of Bohemia 190, 192

Vyatichi, tribe 47-49, 141, 142

Výčapy-Opatovce 33

Vyšehrad, second Prague castle 190, 192

Vyšehrad Codex 159, 190, 192

 

Wagri 228

Wagria 91, 228

Warnow, river 209

Warta, river 19, 200, 201

Wawel 194

Weggun 99

Wenceslas, Saint, prince of Bohemia (921—29 or 35) 153, 167-169, 178, 180, 183, 190, 192

West; Western Europe 38, 45, 56, 69, 75, 77, 84, 100, 105, 112, 115, 116, 120, 126, 131, 145, 164, 167, 169, 175, 176, 178, 183, 192, 194, 195, 202, 205, 212, 228

Western Slavs 17, 26, 40, 41, 51, 75, 87, 189, 209

Wiślanie see Vistulanians

Wisleland see Poland, Little

Wiztrach, ruler of a Bohemian tribe (9th c.) 74

Władysław I Herman, prince of Poland (1079-1102) 201

Wogastisburc 68-71, 73

Wolgast 99

Wolin 87, 159, 202, 205

Wotan, Germanic god 72

Wustrow 99

 

Yaroslav the Wise, grand prince of Kiev (1017-54) 139, 142, 145, 146

Yaroslavl' 50

Yatvingian, language 17

Yugoslavia 13, 38, 40-43, 73, 120, 125, 130

Yugoslavs 84

 

Žabljak 41

Zabrušany 177, 178

Zăbuy, mount 135

Zachlumje see Hum

Zadar 126, 130

Zagreb 125

Zákolany 178

Zala, river 120-122

Zalavár 120, 121

Žalov 179

Zarubintsy culture 16, 17, 20, 23, 25

Závist, hill 29

Zbečno 167

Zbrucz, river 87, 88, 94

Zbygniew, son of Władysław I Herman of Poland (11th/12th c.) 201

Zdeslav, prince of the Dalmatian Croats (9th c.) 125

Želechovice 155

Želénky 175, 177

Želovce 63

Zemiansky Vrbovok 60, 79

Zenob of Glak (8th c.), Armenian chronicler 142

            History of Taraun 142

Zeus, supreme Greek god 83

Zhitomir 21

Zimno 21

Žitavská Tôň 67

Žiži, hill 97, 186, 190

Zličané, tribe 97, 174, 176, 178

Znojmo 117, 151, 159

Zoberberg hill 35, 37

Zobor, mount 119

Zoě, mother of Constantine Poiphyrogenitus (10th c.) 132

župans, dynasty of 126

Žuráň 33

 

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