Buzhans

The Buzhans (Ukrainian: Бужани) were one of the tribal unions of Early Slavs, which supposedly formed East Slavs in Southern Russia and Volga region.^[1] They are mentioned as Buzhane in the Rus' Primary Chronicle. Several localities in Russia are claimed to be connected to the Buzhans, like for example Sredniy Buzhan^[2] in the Orenburg Oblast, Buzan and the Buzan river in the Astrakhan Oblast.

Some theories say that the name of the tribes could be connected to Western Bug, in Ukraine, where they actually originated. According to the Bavarian Geographer, the Buzhans had 230 "cities" (fortresses). Some historians believe that the Buzhans and the Volhynians used to be called the Dulebes.^[3]

References

^ Schemelinin, Konstantin. "THEORY OF ORIGIN OF ROSES AND RUSES, UNIFIED NORMAN, SLAVIC AND IRANIAN THEORIES". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ Sredniy Buzhan
^ Majorov, Aleksandr Vjačeslavovič (2012), Velika Hrvatska: etnogeneza i rana povijest Slavena prikarpatskoga područja [Great Croatia: ethnogenesis and early history of Slavs in the Carpathian area] (in Croatian), Zagreb, Samobor: Brethren of the Croatian Dragon, Meridijani, p. 69, ISBN 978-953-6928-26-2

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[1] Schemelinin, Konstantin. "THEORY OF ORIGIN OF ROSES AND RUSES, UNIFIED NORMAN, SLAVIC AND IRANIAN THEORIES". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[2] Sredniy Buzhan

[3] Majorov, Aleksandr Vjačeslavovič (2012), Velika Hrvatska: etnogeneza i rana povijest Slavena prikarpatskoga područja [Great Croatia: ethnogenesis and early history of Slavs in the Carpathian area] (in Croatian), Zagreb, Samobor: Brethren of the Croatian Dragon, Meridijani, p. 69, ISBN 978-953-6928-26-2

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