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The universal geography : earth and its inhabitants

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292 RUSSIA IN EUROPE.In the ninth century the people of the Lower Dnieper <strong>and</strong> Dniester wereUluehi (TJglichi) <strong>and</strong> Tivertzi Slavs ; but they were driven north by theHungarians, Pecheneghes, <strong>and</strong> Rumanians advancing westwards ; <strong>and</strong> in thetwelfth century the Eos, possibly the "River of the Russians," formed the frontierbetween the Kiev Russians <strong>and</strong> the southern nomads. Several Turki colonies, theTorki, Berendcyi, Kara-Kalpaks, or "Black-Caps," had settled south of this river,Fig. 147.—KuRGAXS AT PoDGORODSKOYE, NEAR YEKATERINOSLAV.Scale 1 ; 200.0JO.E.off.ObukhovsluyeCol.Josephsthal 1rf tMan uVTovkafy^^^^i^Hf^ ^ Suburb^,:•

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