Slavs and Saxons against the Frankish Empire. Pressure on the East. Beginning

The Ruya, Obodrites, Luticians, Pomeranians, Smolenshchiki, and Vaghri, Dolenchans, and Lusatian Serbs... Even among Russian people, few know about these Slavic tribes that inhabited the territories of modern Germany and Poland until the 12th century. All of them belonged to... the civilization of the Baltic Slavs, the most developed in Europe by the 8th century. They were the first to face the blow of the Germans, who, under the slogan "Drang nach Osten!" ("Pressure on the East!") aimed to capture the lands to their east to expand their "living space." They first entered the struggle against German violent Christianization, which was, according to the cynical testimony of Frankish chronicles, carried out by fire and sword. The Baltic Slavs remained faithful to Slavic traditions and the faith of their ancestors until the end, continuing their struggle much longer than other Slavic peoples - only 170 years after the forcible baptism of Rus did they cease. Our book is about them. For a wide audience interested in the history of the Slavs.