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Migration of the Europeans from the Middle Europe to the north of the East-European plain, forming of the Proto-Slavic tribes there and their interaction with the Finns and the Balts. Bracelet-shape temple rings are the sign of the Slavs’ settling between the Volga and Oka rivers. Rostov-Suzdal and Novgorod dialects are the basis for the Volga-Vyatka variants of the Northern Russian dialect.
Sources concerning the origin of the Vyatka Russians (anthropology, dialectology, toponymy, history, ethnography, archaeology). The role of the medieval Perms and Mari in formation of the Russian population on the territory of the Vyatka region.

Keywords: Proto-Slavs, Russians, Perms, Mari, Vyatka region

Information about author:

Leonid Makarov (Izhevsk, Russia). Doctor of Historical Sciences. Udmurt State University
E-mail: [email protected]