Drevlyans, Drevlian, Derevliany
from (drevo, or derevo), which means "tree", because the Drevlians used to live in thick
woods.
Original Record of:
First mention ...6th cent.
Last mentioning of the Drevlians was in a chronicle of 1136, when their lands were given as a gift to the
Church of the Tithes by Yaropolk Vladimirovich.
Cities and towns:
Vruchiy (today's Ovruch), Gorodsk, site of an ancient settlement near Malyn , Iskorosten (today’s Korosten)
Recorded names:
male: Prince Mal
Neighbors in the 9th century:
Slavs between the 6th and the 10th century, which inhabited the territories of Polesia, Right-bank Ukraine
west of Polans, down the stream of the rivers Teteriv, Uzh, Ubort, and Stviga. On the West, Drevlians’
territories reached the Sluch River, where the Volynians (related to the territory of Volynia) and Buzhans
(related to the name of Bug river) lived. On the North, Drevlians’ neighbors were the Dregovichs.
Sources for Research:
Primary Chronicle
The Early Slavs P.M. Barford
Vernadsky’s works Kievan Rus
Fragments from the History of Byelorussia (To 1700)
Material for Historical Research and Study of the Subject by Prof. R. Ostrowski
Interesting Links:
History : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derevlians