the Upper Podniestria. It is the region of the Upper Dniester that, according to some historians, is the area from which the Radimichi moved to the Sozh basin. The connection between the Radimichi and the pre-Radimichi population of Posozhye, observed both in objects of material culture and in rites, suggests that the newcomer Slavs felt the influence of the Baltic population here. It is also possible to make an assumption about the small number of alien Slavs. V. V. Ivanov and V. N. Toporov compared the basis of the ethnonym Radimichi with the Iranian Scythian stem radam- from the Iranian fratama- < *pratama- "first", used in the Scythian royal names (' Radam-furt-, Radam-sad-, Radam-as-, Radam-mizda-, etc.). G. V. Vernadsky derived the name radimichi from - "order", "line", - "to subdue", "to conquer". G. A. Khaburgaev believed that the term "radimichi" was formed from the historically earlier name of the Baltic ethnic community, which was Slavicized by the 9th-10th centuries. The chronicle tells about the origin of the Radimichi from the legendary person Radima: “... Radimichi Bo and Vyatichi from the Poles. For 2 brothers in laces, Radim, and the other Vyatko, and the gray-haired Radim came to Szhya, and was called Radimichi ... ”. Some modern authors believe that this legend reflects the biblical worldview of the author rather than a real historical fact. See also List of Medieval Slavic tribes References Radimichs Lechites 10th century in Kievan Rus'