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22-522: Severs may refer to: Severs or Severians , an East Slavic tribe Sever's disease , an inflammation of the back heel Severs Hotel (Muskogee, Oklahoma) , a hotel in Muskogee, Oklahoma People with last name "Severs" [ edit ] Chad Severs (born 1982), American soccer player Dennis Severs, previous resident of Dennis Severs' House Michael Severs , American guitarist Topics referred to by

44-610: A tributary relationship with the Bulgars. The other Severians had as neighbors the Radimichs , Krivichs , and Vyatichs in the north and the Derevlians and Polianians in the west. Those tribes had to pay tribute to the Khazars in 859 in the form of squirrel and beaver skins, which suggests they lived in or near the northern forests. In 884, Oleg of Novgorod annexed their territory to

66-436: Is considered that trade was not very developed, and they offered honey , wax , furs , and slaves . According to Constantine VII, they provided not only tribute but also transport via boats dug out from single hollowed trees . The Severians were a patriarchial culture ruled by clan or tribal leaders, who held political authority in the commune ( zadruga ) and convened tribal councils. The centers of political power were

88-600: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Severians The etymology of the name "Severian" is uncertain. The name of the Severia region originated from the Slavic tribes. One theory proposes derivation from the Slavic word for "north" ( sěver ; men of the north ), but the Severians never were the northernmost tribe of Slavs. Another theory proposes an Iranic derivation, from

110-534: The "Wschody" miast litewskich w XVI wieku ( Beginnings of Lithuanian Cities ) in 1924, Łowmiański became the first history Ph.D in the University of Stefan Batory (USB). Prior the World War II , working as an academic archivist wrote a two-volume Studia nad początkami społeczeństwa i państwa litewskiego (1931-32), and a treatise Uwagi w sprawie podłoża społec-znego i gospodarczego Unii Jagiellońskiej (1934). In

132-671: The Battle of Listven (1024), especially against the Varangians . Scholars disagree about the abovementioned dates. Some place Oleg's conquest in the 920–930s; the Khazar ruler Joseph (c. 955) mentioned that his empire ruled over the " Sever , Slaviun , and Ventit "; while Constantine VII wrote that the Severians paid tribute to the Rus and not the Khazars c. 950. The Severians eventually came to be known as

154-564: The Kievan Rus' . The Severians had to pay a "light tribute." According to Oleg, he had acted not against the Severians but against the Khazars. It is possible that the Severians accepted Oleg's rule because he imposed lower taxes on them. Together with other East Slavic tribes, Severians participated in the Oleg's campaign against Constantinople in 907. In the 10th century, in his De Administrando Imperio , Constantine VII wrote that in winter,

176-799: The Severeis , were resettled in the east "from the klisuras before Veregava" ( ἀπό τῆς ἔμπροσθεν κλεισȣ́ρας Βερεγάβων ), most likely the Rish Pass of the Balkan Mountains ; while the other six tribes were resettled in the southern and western regions, as far the boundary with the Pannonian Avars . In 767, the Byzantines kidnapped the Severian prince Slavun, who had made trouble in Thrace , indicating they retained

198-479: The Chernihovians and gave their name to the region of Severia . Archaeologists have found numerous rural settlements associated with the Severians, including burial mounds with cremated bodies, from the 8th–10th centuries. Like other East Slavs , the Severians were mostly engaged in agriculture ; cattle breeding ; hunting ; and different handicrafts such as pottery , weaving , and metalworking . It

220-461: The Rus princes ( archontes ) moved to and were maintained in the lands of their Severian and Krivich tributaries. Eventually, Severian territory became part of the Grand Principality of Chernigov , and the last reference to them is from 1024, when they are mentioned as part of the troops recruited by Mstislav of Chernigov for his druzhina . They had a significant impact on the victory at

242-563: The Slavic mother tribe. Professor Traian Stoianovich described the Severian Slavs as mix of Slavs and Slavicized formerly Turkic speaking Huns . Some Severians settled in the territory of present-day northeastern Bulgaria , ( Moesia Inferior , and Scythia Minor ). According to Theophanes the Confessor , the Bulgars subjugated the so-called Seven Slavic tribes . One of these tribes,

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264-446: The first volume of his selected works about Lithuanian and Belarusian history Studia nad dziejami Wielkiego Księstwa Litewskieg was published in 1983. According to Maciej Siekierski, the "continuing timeliness and scholarly value of these works are a tribute to the great historian". According to Stanisław Alexandrowicz , Łowmiański had a universal authority already during his lifetime, being considered as an expert on historical sources,

286-691: The fortified grady , which were built in forests or on elevations, around which villages developed. Some Saltovo-Mayaki forts were situated on Severian land. In the Primary Chronicle , it is recorded that the Drevlians , Radimichs , Vyatichi , and Severians all lived violent lifestyles, and they did not enter monogamous marriages but practiced polygamy , specifically polygyny , instead. Henryk %C5%81owmia%C5%84ski Henryk Łowmiański (August 22, 1898 near Ukmergė - September 4, 1984 in Poznań )

308-639: The history of Lithuania, Slavic and Baltic people in the Middle Ages, economic and social relations of medieval Poland, and statehood formation in Central and Eastern Europe. During the mourning ceremony by the academic community, reputable historian Gerard Labuda assessed his role in the Polish historiography as equal to Jan Długosz and Joachim Lelewel . His wife was Maria Łowmiańska (1899-1961), Polish philologist with historical interests, also graduate from USB. He

330-667: The lower Desna and upper Sejm and Sula rivers. They were thought to have been centered in Chernihiv ("black city" ). However, as the Severians in the historical sources inhabited both the Dnieper valley and a part of the Danube valley, and as the Zeriuani realm was said to be so great that all Slavs traced their origins to it, Henryk Łowmiański believed that the Ruthenian Severians were

352-827: The meantime he took over the Chair of the History of Eastern Europe in 1932 until the termination of the university in 1939. In 1945, at the invitation of the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań , Kazimierz Tymieniecki, he took over the Chair of the History of Eastern Europe, later renamed the Chair of the History of the Nations of the USSR in 1951, until 1968. In 1946

374-739: The name of the Sarmatian Seuer tribe ( seu meaning "black"). Some scholars have argued that Jews called this tribe the Sawarta, based on the Kievan Letter (c. 930), written in Hebrew as SWRTH (read either as Sur'ata or Sever'ata ), derived from Slavic sirota (" orphan "; in the letter, possibly meaning "convert"); or that the name "Severian" comes from the Magyar Savarti ("black"; possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic swartaz ) . Based on

396-463: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Severs . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Severs&oldid=1150240459 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description

418-670: The writings of the Bavarian Geographer , some scholars connect the ethnonym to the Zuierani , Zeriuani , or Sebbirozi (most probably the Sabirs ). The Severians are believed to have continued the East Slavic tribal union along the middle Dnieper valley, after the political disappearance of the Antae and Dulebes , either independently or under Khazar policy. It is presumed they inhabited

440-518: Was a Polish historian and academic who was an authority on the early history of the Slavic and Baltic people. A researcher of the ancient history of Poland , Lithuania and the Slavs in general, Łowmiański was the author of many works, including most prominently the six-volume monumental monograph Początki Polski ( The Beginnings of Poland ). Łowmiański was born to father Konstanty and mother Kazimiera née Rudzińska. After receiving his doctorate on

462-458: Was appointed as a full professor. He researched the early history of Poland and of the Eastern Slavs, publishing Podstawy gospodarczego formowania się państw słowiańskich (1953) and Zagadnienia roli Normanów w genezie państw słowiańskich (1957) before his most important work, the six-volume monumental monograph Początki Polski ( The Beginnings of Poland ) between 1963-1984. From 1953 he

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484-905: Was the head of the medieval history department of the newly established Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences and from 1956 an ordinary academic member of the PAN. In the years 1951-1956 / 1957 he was the head of historical departments at the AMU in Poznań, and in the years 1956 / 1957-1968 he was the director of the Institute of History at AMU. He was also a member of number of scientific societies, including Society of Friends of Science in Wilno (1935), Shevchenko Scientific Society (1936), Poznań Society of Friends of Learning (1945) among others. Besides major books, his bibliography includes around 300 items, and

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