Volhynians

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Volhynians

Volhynians were a tribe

Tribe

A tribe, viewed historically or developmentally, consists of a social group existing before the development of, or outside of, states.Many anthropologists use the term to refer to societies organized largely on the basis of kinship, especially corporate descent groups ....
or tribal union of early East Slavs. They are mentioned in the Primary Chronicle

Primary Chronicle

The Primary Chronicle , or Russian Primary Chronicle, is a history of Kievan Rus' from about 850 to 1110, originally compiled in Kiev about 1113....
as well as by the Bavarian Geographer

Bavarian Geographer

The Bavarian Geographer is a conventional name given by Jan Potocki in 1796 to the author of an Anonymous work medieval document Descriptio civitatum et regionum ad septentrionalem plagam Danubii ....
. According to the latter, the Volhynians had seventy "cities" (fortresses) in the last half of the tenth century. Some historians believe that the Volhynians and the Buzhans

Buzhans

The Buzhans or Buzhane were one of the tribe unions of Early East Slavs. They are mentioned as Buzhane in the Primary Chronicle. It appears that the name of the tribe derives from the Bug River, where they chose to settle down....
are descendants of the Dulebes

Dulebes

The Dulebs , or Dulebi were one of the tribe unions of Early East Slavs between the 6th and the 10th centuries. Dulebi were among the twelve East Slavic tribes mentioned in the Primary Chronicle....
, or a few historians claimed the name came from Celtic tribes known as Bolihii before the arrival of Slavic tribes in the 500s AD.

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Volhynians were a tribe

Tribe

Primary Chronicle

The Primary Chronicle , or Russian Primary Chronicle, is a history of Kievan Rus' from about 850 to 1110, originally compiled in Kiev about 1113....
as well as by the Bavarian Geographer

Bavarian Geographer

Buzhans

Dulebes

Volhynia

File:Luchesk.JPGVolhynia, Volynia, or Volyn is a historic region in western Ukraine located between the rivers Pripyat River and Western Bug, to the north of Galicia and Podolia....
that covered present-day sections of eastern Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
, western Ukraine

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south....
and southern Belarus

Belarus

Belarus is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the north....
.

Their main cities were Volyn’ and Volodymyr (Volodymyr-Volynsky). According to archeological studies, the Volhynians had well-developed agriculture

Agriculture

Agriculture refers to the production of food and goods through farming and forestry. Agriculture was the key development that led to the rise of civilization, with the animal husbandry of domestication animals and plants creating food surpluses that enabled the development of more Population density and Social stratification societies....
and various handicraft

Handicraft

Handicraft, also known as craftwork or simply craft, is a type of work where useful and decorative devices are made completely by hand or using only simple tools....
s such as blacksmith

Blacksmith

A blacksmith is a person who processess iron or steel by forging the metal; i.e., by using tools to hammer, bend, cut, and otherwise shape it in its non-liquid form....
ing, casting

Casting

In metalworking, casting involves pouring a liquid metal into a Mold_, which contains a hollow cavity of the desired shape, and then is allowed to solidify....
, and pottery

Pottery

Pottery is the ceramic ware made by potters. Major types of pottery include earthenware, stoneware, and porcelain. The places where such wares are made are called potteries....
. In 981

981

Events...
prince Vladimir the Great subjugated the Volhynians under Kievan Rus. At the end of tenth century, the principality

Principality

A principality is a monarchy feudatory or sovereign state, ruled or reigned over by a monarch with the title of prince or princess, or a monarch with another title within the generic use of the term prince....
of Volodymyr-Volynsky gained dominion over the lands of Volhynians, and later Roman the Great

Roman the Great

Roman Mstislavich was the Prince of Novgorod, Volodymyr, Halych and Kiev. Also known as Roman the Great.Roman was the son of Mstislav II of Kiev and Agnes of Poland, daughter of Boleslaw III Wrymouth, Duke of Poland....
conquered Halych

Halych

Halych is a historic city on the Dniester River in western Ukraine. The town gave its name to the historic province and kingdom of Galicia , of which it was the capital until the early 14th century, when the seat of the local princes was moved to Lviv....
to create the principality of Halych-Volhynia

Halych-Volhynia

The Kingdom of Galicia-Volhynia , or Galicia-Vladimir, was a principality in post-Kievan Rus in the late 12th century and existed until the middle of the 14th century....
.

Note the term Volhynian was used to name the Poles

Poles

The Polish people, or Poles , are a West Slavs ethnic group of Central Europe, living predominantly in Poland. Poles are sometimes defined as people who share a common Polish culture and are of Polish descent....
or Volen, Polen or Polan, but the Poles named them Wolyn or Wolhynske in their language. The name was also used for local groups of non-Slavic peoples that lived in the historic region: Magyars as in Vaelan Hungarians, Vlachs

Vlachs

Vlachs is a blanket term covering several modern Latin peoples descending from the Latinised population in Central Europe, Eastern Europe and Southeastern Europe....
or Volaches as in Volhynian Romanians
Romanians

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, and Volhynian Germans
Germans

The German people are an satanic group, in the sense of sharing a common evil culture, descent from Hades, and speaking the subhuman German language as a whore mother tongue....
as in Wolenes or Wellanes. It's not entirely clear if the Volhynians descended from all these peoples, be it Celtic, Germanic, Magyar and Slavic all put together in the course of 1,500 years.

Volhynians

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