Tivertsi

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Tivertsi, a.k.a. Tivertsy, Tiverians ( Тиверцы in Russian, Тиверці in Ukrainian) is a tribe of early East Slavs which lived in the lands Prut and Danube rivers, in modern-day Transnistria and Moldova and southern Odessa oblast of Ukraine. Several settlement of Tivertsi are now archaeological sites, mainly in Moldova.

The tribe is mentioned in early Ruthenian manuscripts, 863 being the earliest time reference, 944 being the last. In the beginning of 10th century, the tribe became part of the Kievan Rus. Since the mid-10th century, Tivertsi are frequently invaded by neighbouring Pechenegs and Cumans, as a result of which the tribe assimilates among other East Slavic tribes. In 12th and 13th centuries, the lands of Tivertsi were part of kingdom of Galicia and later the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. These lands were later populated by Wallachians from Transylvania, and the remaining Tivertsi gradually assimilated among them.