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TheUlichesorUgliches(Romanian:UliciorUglici;Russian:УличиorУгличи,UlichiorUglichi;Ukrainian:УличіУгличі,UlychiorUhlychi) were atribeofEarly East Slavswho, between the eighth and the tenth centuries, inhabited (along with theTivertsi)Bessarabia,and the territories along the LowerDnieper,Bug Riverand theBlack Sealittoral.
Ethnonym
editThe tribal name comes[citation needed]from a location called Oglos or Onglos by theByzantinechroniclersTheophanes the ConfessorandNikephoros I of Constantinople,possibly to be identified withPeuce Island.The word may derive from Slavicâgul'corner', or, according toSteven Runciman,fromagul'enclosure'.
History
editThey were mentioned asUnliziby theBavarian Geographer,described as "populus multus" and having 418gords-settlements.[1]The Uliches long struggled against theKievanprincesOleg,IgorandSviatoslav Igorevichfor theirindependence,until a Kievan commanderSveneldcaptured their capital,Peresechen(nearOrhei,in present-dayMoldova), around 940. In the mid-10th century the Ulich lands paid tribute toSveneld.The Uliches were last mentioned in the 970s.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^Koncha, S. (2012)."Bavarian Geographer On Slavic Tribes From Ukraine"(PDF).Ukrainian Studies.12.Bulletin of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv: 15–21.
- Runciman, Steven(1930)."Emperor of the Bulgars and the Romans".A history of the First Bulgarian Empire.London:George Bell & Sons.OCLC832687.
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