6th-12th century East Slavic tribal confederation
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]
^ 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 .