Polans (eastern)

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The Polans or Polians (Ukrainian: Поляни, Poliany; Russian: Поляне, Polyane; Polish: Polanie; Old East Slavic: Полѧне, Poljane), also known as Polanians, Polianians, and Eastern Polans, were an East Slavic tribe between the 6th and the 9th century, which inhabited both sides of the Dnieper river from Liubech to Rodnia and also down the lower streams of the rivers Ros', Sula, Stuhna, Teteriv, Irpin', Desna and Pripyat.

The distinct western Polans of the Early Middle Ages were a West Slavic tribe, ancestors of the Poles.