Radimichi
Formed from:
Finno-Ugarian peoples and some Baltic
Slavic population made an archeological presence in the 9th century
Original Record of:
9th cent
Cities or towns:
Gomel/ Homel The archeological data show that in the 11th-13th centuries the town’s trades were iron
working, jewelry making and bronze founding, pottery, wood working, bone carving, armouring.
Mozyr, Khotimsk, Chichersk (first mentioned in the Ipatyevskaya) ,
Neighbors
9th Century:
Krivichi to the N
Dregovichi to the W
Viatichi to the E
Dreveylane, Poliane, Severiane to the S end of and surrounded by the Radimichi
Recorded Names: Zhigimont August 1500's,
Sources for Research:
Herodotus
Tacitus
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:
some history... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radimichs
Gomel History and some artifact pics: