Interview with Aleksandra Rozmus, the author of “The Cruel One”
SC: Let’s start right off the bat. What turned you to writing? AR: It was actually quite funny. I never had such ambitions, I was a devoted reader ever since I learned how to...
Tagged: slavs
Slaves in Slavic Society (Slave trading in the medieval times)
Slavs were brutal and cruel warriors. However, the way they treated slaves was pretty “open-minded” for that time. The important thing to mention is that slave trading was very common in medieval times, so...
How Did the Pomeranians Call Themselves? – Pomeranian Chronicles
Discovering what names Pomeranians were using for themselves is no easy task. One might think that the name Pomerania says it all. Well, it’s not so simple. Names like Połabie, Pomorze, Pogórze, Pojezierze,...
Slavs in Scandinavia, part 2: The Creation of Poland
At the time when Polans (Polani) originally formed Poland, it was a landlocked country. Nevertheless, the early Polish state, during the process of expanding its boundaries, did not forget to include some seashore within...
Saqaliba – Slavs in the Arab World, Part 4 (Slavs in Muslim Spain, part 2)
Last time, we gave an account of Slavs in Muslim Spain. We stopped at the period of political turmoil called Fitna, when the caliphate split up into numerous states, usually referred to as Taifa. Some...
Reincarnation among Ancient Slavs – A Journey to Navia and Back
Before we start, we need to settle one important thing. The concept of reincarnation was present among all Indo-European cultures until Christianisation. It also spread throughout Asia from ancient Indian territories after the Aryan...
Slavs in the Viking World Series: Slavs in Scandinavia
There were Slavs living on the shores of the Baltic since antiquity. In spite of the fact that the role Slavs played on the Baltic was considerable, it is not very well known in...
Genetics of Ukraine
The haplogroups that make the Ukrainian genetic pool are : R1a: 42.85% – North Slavic I2a: 22.58% – South Slavic/Sclavenian R1b: 8.57% – There is a Western-European and Anadolian branch, I don’t have more precise data but...
Saqaliba – Slavs in the Arab World, Part 3 (Slavs in Muslim Spain,part 1)
Time has come to mention the Slavs who arrived in the Muslim-occupied Spain. These can be subdivided into two groups: one consisted of the slaves of Slavic origin who were recognized as a highly...
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