The name Polog (Cyrillic: Полог) is Slavic in origin, [1] most likely coming from the Slavic word pole (Cyrillic: поле) meaning "field".

Polabian Slavs, also known as Elbe Slavs[a] and more broadly as Wends, is a collective term applied to a number of Lechitic (West Slavic) tribes who lived scattered along the Elbe river in what is today eastern Germany.

Aug 14, 2020 · The name Polabian Slavs is an umbrella term for all the various Slavic tribes that dwelt on the westernmost reaches of Slavic habitation alongside the Elbe river in today’s Eastern Germany. This name itself is Slavic, a cognate of po + labe, meaning “by the River Elbe”.

Slavs are geographically distributed throughout the northern parts of Eurasia; they predominantly inhabit Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Southeastern Europe, and Northern Asia, though there is a large Slavic minority scattered across the Baltic states and Central Asia, [1] [2] and a substantial Slavic diaspora in the Americas, Western Europe ...

Nov 18, 2023 · In August 1135, the Polab Slavs, led by Ratibor, made a devastating raid on the Norwegian city of Konungagelu. According to the Saga of Magnus Blind and Harald Gilly, the invaders had “five and a half hundred Wendy augers, …

Sep 6, 2016 · Once a large confederation of independent tribes, Polabian Slavs were gradually assimilated into France, Germany, Czech Republic, Poland, and other neighboring countries. Today, all that remains of this vast nation are the Sorbs of Lusatia. Their territory is divided between Germany and Poland.

In the second half of the 7 th century, more precisely in the year 675 AD, by the forming of the Second Great Union of the Tribes lead by comes of the Rinhines, Prebond, the Macedonian Slavs, had the best condition and way to form their own medieval state.

The first is the Chronica Slavorum by Helmold of Bosau, which describes the Christianization of Polabian Slavs from the times of Charlemagne until 1170. The second is Arnold of Lübeck's Chronica Slavorum, which is a continuation of Helmold’s work …

The term Polabian Slavs is a generic name applied to the westernmost branch of the Western Slavs, now almost extinct. Those people are often referred to as Wends, but mainly in older historiography.

Apr 25, 2017 · There are over 57 million Poles and Ukrainians each living in Poland and Ukraine respectively. Macedonia and Montenegro account for the least number of Slavs, 2.2 million and 750,000 respectively.