A list of some  Slavic and Russ towns   that existed in SCA Period where your persona might have
lived.


Name                                     Main tribes assoc.            Where it is now            Dates                                          Documentation       

Apata (Geist, Apáca )  Transylvanian,            same                      12th C.

Arkona                         
Rujani,                        Rugen, Ger.             /destroyed 1168          Gesta Danorum           
                               
Lendian,

Atil                                
Bulghar,                                                   8th Cent. til about 1050         Islamic Records

Baciu                            
Transylvanian,         near Bran                 12 C.                           

Bardy                            
Polabia,                                                    8th Cent.

Baroch                                                                                              1125                
Paul Goldschmidt's  List    

Beloozero                     
 Vyatichi,         Belozersk, Russia             862       Primary Russ. Chron. & Nov. Chron.

Belgorod-Dnestrovsky                            Ukraine                          * 1300 ( fortress built)     
    Beograd)                                     *part of Halayh-Volhynia    * built on foundation of Tira
                                                         & Moldavia at diff. times    * 1st mention 1237
                                                                                                  * believed founded by Greeks 6th Century

Benitsy                          
Vyatichi,       Kaluga Oblast, Russia         12th C                     Paul Goldschmidt's  List    

Biskupin                        
 Poland,                     same                      400 AD                           archeo. evidence
                                                                                                                          
Bitsa                              
Vyatichi,        near Moscow

Blestovit                        
Vyatichi,                                                   12th  Cent.       Paul Goldschmidt's  List               

Bleve                             
Vyatichi,                                                  1147                 Paul Goldschmidt's  List      

Biograd na Moru          
 Veneti                 Croatia                         !0th C              Founded by Croatian Kings

Bokota                          
 Volhynia / Galicia,                                                               Hyapatian Chron.

Boldyzh                          
Vyatichi,                                                  1146                Paul Goldschmidt's  List   

Bonikowu                      
 Poland,

Borisov , Barysow,                                      Belarus                     1102             Laurentian Codex


Boskovice                      
Moravian,                               Czech Rep.               11th Cent.                       

Bragin                            Dregovichi,                Belarus                    1147                  Paul Goldschmidt's  List    

Bran                               
Transylvanian,            Romania              12th Cent.              

Brasov                           
Transylvanian,            Romania               Bronze Age             Archeo. evidence
first attested mention of Braşov is Terra Saxonum de Barasu ("Saxon Land of Baras"), in a 1252 document.

Brenna                          
 Polabia,                       Poland                 
                                   Stodoranie tribe

Brest                              
Dregovichi,                  Belarus                 1016                   Russian Primary Chron.           

Bryansk                         
Vyatichi,                      S.W. of Moscow        985                   Hyapatian  Codex             
                               
Severian,

Bryn                               
Vyatichi,              close to Bryansk, Russ.              Paul Goldschmidt's  List    

Bucharest                      
Transylvanian,          Romania                1459

Bude ,                             
Magyar/Hungary,      Hungary          35 BC -Magyars from 9th C.             
                                                 Roman fort ( Pannonia ) built on earlier Celtic settlement (Aquincum)

Cernatu                         
Transylvanian,           Sacele, Romania      by 11th C.                

Charenza                       
Rujani,                    on isle of Rugia , Pagan      1168 taken by Denmark
also Karentia or Karenz, later also Gharense                   worship site      12th C records of
                                                                                                                Saxo Grammaticus and Helmold von
Bosau.

Chelm ,Khelm                
Volhynia / Galicia,     Poland       9th C.- much older archeo. finds                   

Chernigov                      
Vyatichi,                   Ukraine       before 907    in Rus'-Byzantine Treaty  907                     
                                 
Poliane,                                                            Stone Age artifacts also                    
                                 
Severian,

Chernobyl                     
Volhynia / Galicia,                            before 1193
                                                      charter of 1193 described as a hunting-lodge of knyaz Rostislavich

Cherven                                                                                     981                 
Paul Goldschmidt's  List    

Chichanow                   
 Poland,                     Poland

Cichersk                       
Radimichi,                                              1159                        Nasonov, p233

Corona                         
Transylvanian,          Brasov, Romania    Bronze Age   Archeo. evidence       

Crizbav                         Transylvanian,          Brasov, Romania         by 12th C.
Early Russ Tribes Main Page
List F.Y.I.
1. Dates refers to earliest known date assoc. with site.
2. Archeo. means there has been a dig at the site which supports date given.
3. Date in
red means no known record after that date.
4. Some cities have more than one tribe associated with them. This may mean they inhabited the site
jointly , that the site was conquered bay another group, that the site was ceded into another group
through verbal decree or written order. In at least one case one group was completely annihilated and
another took  its place at once  with no joint habitation having occurred. Please do further investigation
based on the time your persona would have been there!
5. If it is in underlined and in color  it is a link to more information.