List of medieval Slavic tribes

This is a list of Slavic tribes reported in the Middle Ages, that is, before the year 1500.

East Slavs 1
West Slavs 2
South Slavs 3
See also 4

East Slavs

Buzhans, (alternatively identified as West Slavs)
Dregovichs same with Draguvites, ancestors of Belarusians
Drevlyans, ancestors of Ukrainians and Belarusians
Dulebes, ancestors of Belarusians
Goryuns, modern ethnic group in Ukraine
Ilmen Slavs, ancestors of Russians
Krivichs, ancestors of Belarusians and Russians
Novgorod Slavs, 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, 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
Rynchines, also Recchines, in southern Macedonia
Sagudates, in southern Macedonia
Serbian Slavs, in western and central Balkans
Slovenes, in Slovenia
Smolyani, in the Rhodopes
Strymonites, in the Struma
Timočani, in eastern Serbia
Travunians, in Herzegovina and western Montenegro
Zagorites,
Zachumliani, in southern Dalmatia

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List of medieval Slavic tribes