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| ⚫ | The term '''Galindians''' may be applied to two distinct tribes of the medieval ]. Their name is thought to derive from the Baltic word ''galas'' ("the end"), alluding to the fact that they settled farther south and farther east than any other Baltic tribes. | ||
| '''Galindians''' (''Galindai'' in ]) is an extinct ] ] (formerly, until the 5-6th century – entire West-Baltic tribe,– ] was the first to mention them in the 2nd century), which lived in ] (today Central ], ] (so-called ''Western Galindians''). | |||
| == Galindai == | |||
| ⚫ | Galindians is |
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| The Western Galindians (]: ''Galindai'') is an extinct West Baltic tribe, which lived in ] (today Central ], ]). ] was the first to mention them in the 2nd century AD. Between the 6th/7th and 16th/17th centuries the name continued to be applied to an ] ] of the Galindai. | |||
| ⚫ | Their name is thought to derive from the Baltic word ''galas'' ("the end"), alluding to the fact that they settled farther south and farther east than any other Baltic tribes |
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| == Golyad == | |||
| ⚫ | The Eastern Galindians is an extinct ] ], which from the 4th century lived in the basin of the ], near the modern ]n towns of ], ], and ]. | ||
| It is probable that the Eastern Galindians occupied all the ] and a part of ], until the ] invaded the area in the 6th century. The Ruthenian chronicles first mention them as ''Golyad''' in ]. ] arranged a campaign against them in ], the year he founded ] in the land of the Eastern Galindians. | It is probable that the Eastern Galindians occupied all the ] and a part of ], until the ] invaded the area in the 6th century. The Ruthenian chronicles first mention them as ''Golyad''' in ]. ] arranged a campaign against them in ], the year he founded ] in the land of the Eastern Galindians. | ||
| After that, the Eastern Galindians are not mentioned in chronicles. It's likely that they were not completely assimilated by Slavs until the 15th or 16th century. | |||
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| ⚫ | ==See also== | ||
| *] and ] - other extinct Western Baltic peoples | *] and ] - other extinct Western Baltic peoples | ||
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The term Galindians may be applied to two distinct tribes of the medieval Balts. Their name is thought to derive from the Baltic word galas ("the end"), alluding to the fact that they settled farther south and farther east than any other Baltic tribes.
Galindai
The Western Galindians (Old Prussian: Galindai) is an extinct West Baltic tribe, which lived in Galindia (today Central Masuria, Poland). Ptolemy was the first to mention them in the 2nd century AD. Between the 6th/7th and 16th/17th centuries the name continued to be applied to an Old Prussian clan of the Galindai.
Golyad
The Eastern Galindians is an extinct East Baltic tribe, which from the 4th century lived in the basin of the Protva River, near the modern Russian towns of Mozhaysk, Vereya, and Borovsk.
It is probable that the Eastern Galindians occupied all the Kaluga Oblast and a part of Moskva Oblast, until the Early East Slavs invaded the area in the 6th century. The Ruthenian chronicles first mention them as Golyad' in 1058. Yury Dolgoruky arranged a campaign against them in 1147, the year he founded Moscow in the land of the Eastern Galindians.
After that, the Eastern Galindians are not mentioned in chronicles. It's likely that they were not completely assimilated by Slavs until the 15th or 16th century.
See also
- Prussians and Yotvingians - other extinct Western Baltic peoples