List of medieval Slavic tribes
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East Slavs
- Buzhans, (alternatively identified as West Slavs)
- Dregovichs same with Draguvites, ancestors of Belarusians
- Drevlyans, ancestors of Ukrainians and Belarusians
- Dulebes, ancestors of Ukrainians and Belarusians
- Goryuns, modern ethnic group in Ukraine
- Ilmen Slavs, ancestors of Russians
- Krivichs, ancestors of Belarusians and Russians
- Novgorod Slovenes, ancestors of Russians
- Polans (eastern), ancestors of Ukrainians
- Polochans, ancestors of Belarusians
- Radimichs, ancestors of Belarusians and Russians (reported as Lekhitic tribe)
- Severians (also South-Slavic), ancestors of Ukrainians and Russians
- Tivertsi, ancestors of Ukrainians, Moldovans and Romanians
- Ulichs, ancestors of Ukrainians, Moldovans and Romanians
- Volhynians, ancestors of Ukrainians
- Vyatichs, ancestors of Russians (some sources claim they were West Slavs, others say they were East Slavs)
- White Croats, ancestors of Ukrainians (they were among both East and West Slavs)
West Slavs
- Bohemians, in Bohemia (Czech)
- Circipane, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Germany)
- Drevani, in Lower Saxony (Germany)
- Goplans, in Kuyavian-Pomeranian V. (Poland)
- Hevelli, in Brandenburg (Germany)
- Kessinians, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Germany)
- Lendians, in east Lesser Poland and Red Ruthenia (Poland and Ukraine)
- Masovians, in Mazovia (Poland )
- Milceni, in Upper Lusatia (Germany)
- Moravians, in Moravia (Czech) and Slovakia
- Obotrites, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Germany)
- Polabians, in Schleswig-Holstein (Germany)
- Polans (western), in Greater Poland (Poland)
- Pomeranians, in Pomerania (Germany and Poland)
- Prissani, in Pomerania (Poland)
- Rani, in Rügen (Germany)
- Silesians, Silesia (Poland)
- Sorbs, in Lower Lusatia (Germany)
- Sprevane, in Brandenburg (Germany)
- Tollensians, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Germany)
- Ukrani, in Uckermark and Vorpommern-Greifswald (Germany)
- Veleti, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Germany)
- Vistulans, in Lesser Poland (Poland)
- Wolinians, in Pomerania (Poland)
- Vyatichs, in Russia (also East Slavs)
- Wagri, in Holstein (Germany)
- Warnabi, in Mecklenburg (Germany)
- White Croats, Poland or Ukraine (undetermined)
- White Serbs, possibly Lusatia (Germany)
- Zlicans, in Bohemia (Czech)
South Slavs
The South Slavic tribes descend from the Antes and Sclaveni, and predate the medieval identities formed after the Great Schism.
- Baiounitai or Vajunites, originally in Macedonia, later in Epirus (Vagenetia)
- Belegezites, in Thessaly
- Berziti, in Ohrid, Macedonia
- Bošnjani, in Bosnia
- Braničevci, in eastern Serbia
- Bulgarian Slavs, descendants of the legendary Seven Slavic tribes, brought to the Balkans by the Bulgars
- Carantanians (or Slovenes), in Austria and Slovenia
- Croats, in Croatia and Bosnia
- Draguvites, in western Macedonia
- Docleani, in southern Montenegro
- Ezerites, in the Peloponnese
- Guduscani, in Croatia
- Kanalites, in southern Dalmatia
- Melingoi, in the Peloponnese
- Narentines, in central Dalmatia
- Praedenecenti, in Banat
- Rynchines, also Recchines, in southern Macedonia
- Sagudates, in southern Macedonia
- Serbs, in Serbia, Bosnia and Montenegro
- Smolyani, in the Rhodopes
- Strymonites, in the Struma
- Timočani, in eastern Serbia
- Travunians, in Herzegovina and western Montenegro
- Zagorites,
- Zachumliani, in southern Dalmatia
