Belarus-tribes

Some tribes and other groups that have been in the area that is now Belarus include:
Bandkeramik: Predominated in the area from 5000 to 2000 BC

Cimmerians: Roamed the area by 1,000 BC

Zarubintsy: Became widespread at the beginning of the 1st millennium

Dnieper–Donets: Remains of this culture have been found in Belarus and parts of Ukraine

Baltic tribes: First permanently settled the region in the 3rd century

Slavs: Took over the area around the 5th century

Krivichs: A tribal confederation that participated in military campaigns against the Byzantine Empire

Dregovichi: An early Slavic tribe that formed a local principality

Radimichi: An early Slavic tribe that formed a local principality

Drevlyane: An early Slavic tribe that formed a local principality

The early Slavic tribes formed local principalities, such as Pinsk, Turaw, Polatsk, Slutsk, and Minsk. These principalities came under the general suzerainty of Kievan Rus, the first East Slavic state, in the mid-9th century.