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A tentative map of the peoples of the Eastern Europe in the 9-10th centuries. Krivichs are marked right in the center.A miniature from Radzivill Chronicle showing ancient tribe of Krivichs
The Krivichs or Kryvichs (Russian: кри́вичи, romanized: krivichi, IPA:[ˈkrʲivʲɪtɕɪ]; Belarusian: крывічы́, romanized: kryvičý, IPA:[krɨvʲiˈt͡ʂɨ]) were a tribal union of Early East Slavs between the 6th and the 12th centuries.[1] It is suggested that originally the Krivichi were native to the area around Pskov.[2] They migrated to the mostly Finnic areas in the upper reaches of the Volga, Dnieper, Dvina, areas south of the lower reaches of river Velikaya and parts of the Neman basin.[3]
In some variants of Belarusiphile anti-normanist history, the city, and later principality of Polotsk is linked to Krivichians, much like Kyiv is linked to Polianians, however, based on most modern evidence, these were all likely linked to Rus' people.[4]
^Olson, James Stuart; Pappas, Lee Brigance; Pappas, Nicholas Charles (1994). An Ethnohistorical Dictionary of the Russian and Soviet Empires. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 88. ISBN 9780313274978.
^"Становление культуры псковских длинных курганов".
^Živković, Tibor; Crnčević, Dejan; Bulić, Dejan; Petrović, Vladeta; Cvijanović, Irena; Radovanović, Bojana (2013-07-01). The World of the Slavs : Studies of the East, West and South Slavs: Civitas, Oppidas, Villas and Archeological Evidence (7th to 11th Centuries AD). Istorijski institut. p. 327. ISBN 9788677431044.
^Nation-building in the post-Soviet borderlands : the politics of national identities. Graham Smith. Cambridge [England]: Cambridge University Press. 1998. p. 32. ISBN 0-521-59045-0. OCLC 37755070.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
to the Greeks, the Krivichs traded with the Varangians. Their chief tribal centres were Gnezdovo, Izborsk, and Polotsk. The Krivichs as a tribe took part...
centuries were inhabited by 3 tribal unions: the Krivichs, Dregoviches and Radimichs. Of these, the Krivichs played the most important role; Polotsk, founded...
1995, p. 121. Krivich 1993, p. 100. Conradi 1992, p. 118. Krivich 1993, p. 206. Conradi 1992, p. 112-113. Krivich 1993, p. 216. Krivich 1993, p. 217-218...
dates to the 13th century. The toponym is derived from the name of the Krivichs tribe. The Kreva Castle, constructed of brick, was built by the Grand Duke...
reaching almost to Lake Ilmen, led to the emergence of the Ilmen Slavs and Krivichs. Following an Avar raid in 602 and the collapse of the Antes Union, most...
established around the town of Polotsk (now in Belarus) by the tribal union of Krivichs. In the second half of the 10th century, Polotsk was governed by its own...
Khazars to the Germans.[citation needed] According to Constantine VII, the Krivichs and other tribes dependent on Kiev transported hollowed-out sailboats,...
the Black Sea: the Polans, Drevlyans, Dregovichs, Radimichs, Vyatichs, Krivichs, Slovens, Dulebes (later known as Volhynians and Buzhans), White Croats...
describes Chuds as co-founders of the Rus' Khaganate state along with Krivichs, Veps, Ilmen Slavs and Vikings. In other ancient East Slavic chronicles...
10th century with the last remaining Dnieper Baltic inhabited area around the modern-day Moscow cut off from the rest of the Baltic people by Krivichs...
Vitba. In the 9th century, Slavic settlements of the tribal union of the Krivichs replaced them. According to the Chronicle of Michael Brigandine (1760)...
East Slavic and Finnic tribes in 860–862 (including the Chuds, Slovenes, Krivichs, Meryans and Ves) "drove the Varangians back beyond the sea, refused to...
Lutheran church Church of Protection of Holy Virgin Church of Andrew Babola Krivichs Novopolotsk Plock Official transliteration. "Численность населения на 1...
was the settlement boundary between two early East Slavic tribes – the Krivichs and Dregovichs. By 980, the area was incorporated into the early medieval...
Stone Age. In the 8th–9th centuries, first Slavic tribes (Vyatichi and Krivichs) began settling here. In and around Mytishchinsky District about a dozen...
with the Bulgars. The other Severians had as neighbors the Radimichs, Krivichs, and Vyatichs in the north and the Derevlians and Polianians in the west...
was settlement boundary between two Early East Slavs' tribal unions – Krivichs and Dregovichs. By 980 the area was incorporated into the early medieval...
the groups Radzimas and Centre of Ethnocosmology–Kriya, which represents Krivich Rodnovery. The worship of Svyatogor is central to the religion of many...
along the major waterways, until they met the southward expansion of the Krivich in the modern-day Yaroslavl Oblast. They left a few archaeological monuments...
authority (Masudi). In the first half of the 10th century, they alongside Krivichs and other Slavic people paid tribute to Igor I of Kiev (DAI). From the...
In winter, the ruler of Kiev went out on rounds, visiting Dregovichs, Krivichs, Drevlians, Severians, and other subordinated tribes. Some paid tribute...
the following tribes: To the southeast - Smolensk Krivichs; To the north and east - Izborsk Krivichs and Novgorod Slavs; To the west - Lithuanian tribes...
reaching almost to Lake Ilmen, led to the emergence of the Ilmen Slavs, Krivichs, and Radimichs, the groups ancestral to the Russians. After a Pannonian...
"New town". It was a large settlement in the remote Western lands of the Krivichs, which came under the control of the Ancient Rus' state at the end of the...
They were known to come into close contact with Balto-Slavic tribes of Krivichs and Slovens from the 9-10th centuries AD; they eventually blended into...
site, which indicates that Izborsk was an important centre of the early Krivichs. The next mention of the town in Slavonic chronicles dates back to 1233...
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