List of medieval Slavic tribes
This is a list of Slavic tribes reported in the Middle Ages, that is, before the year 1500.
East Slavs
- Buzhans, ancestors of Ukrainians (alternatively identified as West Slavs)
- Dregovichs same with Draguvites, ancestors of Belarusians
- Drevlyans, ancestors of Ukrainians and Belarusians
- Dulebes, ancestors of Ukrainians and Belarusians
- Goryuns, modern ethnic group in Ukraine
- Ilmen Slavs,, also known as Novgorod Slovenes, ancestors of Russians
- Krivichs, ancestors of Belarusians and Russians
- Polans (eastern), ancestors of Ukrainians
- Polochans, ancestors of Belarusians
- Radimichs, ancestors of Belarusians and Russians (reported as Lekhitic tribe)
- Severians, ancestors of Ukrainians , Russians, Bulgarians
- Tivertsi, ancestors of Ukrainians, Moldovans and Romanians
- Ulichs, ancestors of Ukrainians, Moldovans and Romanians
- Volhynians, ancestors of Ukrainians
- Vyatichs, ancestors of Russians (some sources claim they were West Slavs, others say they were East Slavs)
- White Croats, ancestors of Ukrainians (they were among both East and West Slavs)
West Slavs
- Bohemians, in Bohemia, Czech Republic. Ancestors of Czechs
- Circipane, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Ancestors of Germans
- Drevani, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Ancestors of Germans
- Golensizi
- Goplans, in Kuyavian-Pomeranian, Poland. Ancestors of Poles
- Hevelli, in Brandenburg, Germany. Ancestors of Germans
- Kessinians, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Ancestors of Germans
- Lendians, in east Lesser Poland and Red Ruthenia (Poland and Ukraine). Ancestors of Ukrainians
- Masovians, in Mazovia, Poland. Ancestors of Poles
- Milceni, in Upper Lusatia, Germany. Ancestors of Germans and Sorbs
- Moravians, in Moravia, Czech Republic and Slovakia. Ancestors of (modern) Moravians and Slovaks
- Obotrites, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Ancestors of Germans
- Opolans
- Polabians, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Ancestors of Germans
- Polans (western), in Greater Poland, Poland. Ancestors of Poles
- Pomeranians, in Pomerania, Germany and Poland. Ancestors of Poles, Germans, Kashubians, and Slovincians
- Pyritzans, in Pomerania, Poland. Ancestors of Poles
- Rani, on Rügen, Germany. Ancestors of Germans
- Silesians, Silesia, Poland. Ancestors of Poles and Silesian Germans
- Smeldingi
- Sorbs, in Lower Lusatia, Germany. Ancestors of Sorbs and Germans (possibly the same as the White Serbs)
- Sprevane, in Brandenburg, Germany. Ancestors of Germans
- Tollensians, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Ancestors of Germans
- Ukrani, in Uckermark and Vorpommern-Greifswald, Germany. Ancestors of Germans
- Veleti, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Ancestors of Germans
- Vistulans, in Lesser Poland, Poland. Ancestors of Poles
- Wolinians, on Wolin island, Pomerania, Poland. Ancestors of Poles
- Vyatichs, in Russia. Ancestors of Russians (some sources claim they were West Slavs, others say they were East Slavs)
- Wagri, in Holstein, Germany. Ancestors of Germans
- Warnabi, in Mecklenburg (Germany). Ancestors of Germans
- White Croats, Poland and Ukraine (Galicia). Possibly ancestors of Croats, Czechs, Poles and Ukrainians
- White Serbs, possibly Lusatia, Germany. Ancestors of ancestors of Serbs, Sorbs and Germans
- Zlicans, in Bohemia (Czech). Ancestors of Czechs and possibly Poles
South Slavs
The South Slavic tribes descend from the Antes and Sclaveni, and predate the medieval identities formed after the Great Schism.
- Baiounitai or Vajunites, originally in Macedonia, later in Epirus (Vagenetia)
- Belegezites, in Thessaly
- Berziti, in Ohrid, Macedonia
- Braničevci, in eastern Serbia
- Bulgarian Slavs, descendants of the legendary Seven Slavic tribes, brought to the Balkans by the Bulgars
- Carantanians (or Slovenes), in Austria and Slovenia
- Croats, in Croatia and Bosnia
- Draguvites, in western Macedonia
- Docleani, in southern Montenegro
- Ezerites, in the Peloponnese
- Guduscani, in Croatia
- Kanalites, in southern Dalmatia
- Melingoi, in the Peloponnese
- Narentines, in central Dalmatia
- Praedenecenti, in Banat
- Rynchines, also Recchines, in southern Macedonia
- Sagudates, in southern Macedonia
- Serbs, in Serbia, Bosnia and Montenegro
- Smolyani, in the Rhodopes
- Strymonites, in the Struma
- Timočani, in eastern Serbia
- Travunians, in Herzegovina and western Montenegro
- Zagorites,
- Zachumliani, in southern Dalmatia
See also
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