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Dregoviches
Ancient East Slavic ethnic group / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Dregoviches, also called the Dregovichi,[lower-alpha 1] were an East Slavic tribal union.[1] They inhabited the territories along the lower Pripyat River and the northern parts of the right bank of the Dnieper River (more exact extents of the tribe's domain are still unknown). The name of the tribe probably derives from the Old Ruthenian word "дрегва" or "дрягва" (drehva, or dryahva, which means "swamp") because the Dregoviches used to live in the marshlands.
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