Eastern Slavs, for the first written records, stood out from the Indo-European community in the middle of the two.BC.e.By the next millennium, they have become very numerous and influential in the world.Thus, the mention of the eastern Slavs began to emerge from the Arab, Roman, Byzantine, Greek authors.Ancient authors called these people "sklaviny", "Antes", "Wends", speaking of them as tribes "countless."
Eastern Slavs in the period of the great migration began expelled under ^ -irradiation other nations.As a result, it began Slavic crushing.Some people remained in Europe.Later, they will be called South Slavs.From them, there will be Serbs, Bulgarians, Croats, Montenegrins, Bosnians, Slovenes.Another part of the people moved to the northern territories.They became known as the Western Slavs.From them came the Poles, Czechs, Slovaks.The western and southern peoples were captured by other nations.
According to scientists, the rest of the Slavic people did not want anyone to obey.People moved to the East European Plain (north-east).Thus emerged the Eastern Slavs.The origin of the Belarusians, Russian and Ukrainian is associated with these migrants.
It should be noted that many families in the resettlement rushed to the ruins of the Roman Empire in Central Europe.Under the onslaught of invaders in 476 AD, Rome fell.On its territory invading barbarians have created their own state, using the cultural heritage of the Romans.
Eastern Slavs went to the area where there was no cultural heritage.One of the people went to the lake Ilmen.After some time on the site will be based the ancient city of Novgorod.The other half of the eastern Slavs went to the lower and middle reaches of the Dnieper.At this point in Kiev will be based.
Eastern Slavs in the 6-8 centuries settled throughout East European Plain.However, in the same territory lived other peoples.Baltic coast and the north were settled Baltic (Latvians, Lithuanians) and Finno-Ugric tribes (Estonians, Finns and Ugrians (Hungary), Mansi, Khanty, Komi).It should be noted that the colonization of the area was peaceful.Eastern Slavs and their neighbors in the area get along with each other.
However, the situation in the south-east and east was somewhat different.At the territory of the Eastern European plain bordered by steppe.It neighbors the Slavs were steppe nomads - Turkic group.While the peoples whose way of life was very different (sedentary and nomadic), often at odds with each other.Due to attacks on sedentary nomadic tribes existed.Thus, almost 1000 years of history of the Eastern Slavs were to fight with the nomadic steppe tribes.
Turks created their state in the south-eastern and eastern borders of the Slavic settlements.In the middle of the 6th century there Avar khanate - Turkic state.Byzantium in 625 was defeated this state, the Avar Khanate ceased to exist.
in 7-8 centuries in the same grounds there is another state - the Bulgarian kingdom.They found his other Turks.After a while, this state disintegrated.Part of the Bulgars, who left to the middle reaches of the Volga, Volga Bulgaria was formed.Another part of the people moved to the Danube.There they formed the Danube Bulgaria.Later came the Turks merged with the local South Slavs.Thus, formed a new ethnic group, who took the name of the displaced Bulgarians.
After leaving the steppe Bulgars were busy pechenegy (new Turks).On the territory of the lower Volga and the steppes between the Caspian and Azov Seas semi-nomadic Turkic Khazar Khanate was established.Above the Eastern Slavic tribes was established domination of the Khazars, receiving tribute from some tribes until the 9th century.
