Where did the Slavs come from? || History is interesting
Despite the fact that we know quite a lot about Kievan Rus, the earlier history of the Slavs is shrouded in a very thick fog. We still do not know where the Slavs came from, and can only operate with versions.
We will talk about these versions today. Who were the mysterious Wends and did they even exist? How did the ancient Greeks and Romans talk about the ancient Slavs? Why are the appearance of the Slavs so diverse? And, as a bonus, what types of Slavs exist today.
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00:00 Introduction
00:17 Who are the Slavs? Groups of modern Slavs
04:23 Land of the Vanir. Who are the Wends, Sklavins and Antes?
06:25 Slavs in Roman sources (Herodotus, Pliny the Elder, Publius Cornelius Tacitus)
07:27 Sklavins, Antes and Venetians - Slavs or not? Vyatichi - are Venetians?
09:09 The mystery of the origin of the Slavs
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