Krivichs

According to Max Vasmer, the name of the tribe probably stems from that of their legendary forefather Kriv. The article in the encyclopedia '' clarifies that this interpretation comes from East Slavic mythology. Vasmer also mentions that the tribe was mentioned by Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus in his De Administrando Imperio'' as . ==History==

The Krivichs left many archaeological monuments, such as the remnants of agricultural settlements with traces of ironworks, jeweler's art, blacksmith's work and other handicrafts; long burial mounds of the 6th to 9th centuries with cremated bodies; burial mounds of rich warriors with weapons; sets of distinctive jewelry (bracelet-like temporal rings and glass beads made out of stretched wire). By the end of the first millennium, the Krivichs had already acquired well-developed farming and cattle-breeding. Having settled around the Trade route from the Varangians 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 in Oleg's and Igor's military campaigns against the Byzantine Empire. ==Modern uses of the name==

• Today, in Latvian, means "Russian" and is "Russia". Through Baltic territories, the word became known in Central Europe. For example, a German chronicler from Duisburg wrote in 1314: "". And in a Polish publication (Lublin, 1687. Б. II, 49) the Polotsk saint Paraxedis was called (the queen of the Kryvians). • Also in Latvian, a Belarusian is known as , and Belarus is named . The prefix balt- is from the Latvian word which means "white", thus is cognate to "White Russia" and "Belarus" itself. • () was the name of a magazine that the Belarusian historian Vaclau Lastouski published in Kaunas from 1923 to 1927. • Kriwi is the name of a Belarusian folk-rock band. • Places named Kryvičy in modern Belarus are possibly named after the tribe, however this is contested basing on the suggested areal of Krivichs. ==See also==