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Gnezdovo or
Gnyozdovo (Russian: Гнёздово) is an
archeological site
located near the
village of
Gnyozdovo in
Smolensky District,
Smolensk Oblast, Russia...
- the
Krivichs traded with the Varangians.
Their chief tribal centres were
Gnezdovo, Izborsk, and Polotsk. The
Krivichs as a
tribe took part in Oleg's and...
- Brattahlíð. Germany: Hedeby. Latvia: Grobiņa. Ukraine: the
Black Grave. Russia:
Gnezdovo,
Staraya Ladoga.
There have been
several archaeological finds of Viking...
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trade station on the
trade route from the
Varangians to the Gr****s, see
Gnezdovo for details. 54°47′10″N 31°50′20″E / 54.7861111211°N 31.8388888989°E...
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Smolensk (probably
located slightly downstream, at the
archaeological site of
Gnezdovo) was
located on the area
settled by the East
Slavic Radimichs tribe in...
- with the
Orient and Byzantium. At the most
important portages (such as
Gnezdovo)
there were
trade outposts inhabited by a
mixture of
Norse merchants and...
- Gr****s
rapidly overtook it in po****rity.
Apart from
Ladoga and Novgorod,
Gnezdovo and
Gotland were
major centres for
Varangian trade. The
consensus among...
- language. The
earliest written record of the language, an
amphora found at
Gnezdovo, may date from the mid-10th century. In writing, Old
Church Slavonic was...
- River. From there,
ships had to be
portaged to the
Dnieper River near
Gnezdovo. A
second route from the
Baltic to the
Dnieper was
along the
Western Dvina...
- and the
majority were
still Balts, with the
Slavs mostly settling near
Gnezdovo. Some
researchers believe that
after the
Christianization of
Kievan Rus'...
