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Study into Socio-political History of the Obodrites

By Zaroff R.

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Исторические дисциплины;История России;Древняя Рус

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Article // Collegium medievale (Society for Medieval Studies) Vol. 16. Oslo, 2003. - p. 5-36The Western Slavs once occupied the territory more or less corresponding to the former state of East Germany that is the area roughly between the Oder-Neisse and Elbe-Saale rivers. They are usually called the Polabian Slavs or Wends. They were the westernmost group of the Western Slavs (which includes the Czechs, Poles and Slovaks) who settled the region between the sixth and seventh centuries. The Polabian Slavs are usually divided into three branches: the Sorbs, who occupied roughly the southern part of the former East Germany; the Veleti in the northeast of the region; and the Obodrites in the northwest. Most of the Polabian Slavs were germanised in the course of time, and only a small Sorbian minority in southeastern Germany retains its linguistic and cultural identity until the present day.

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