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The '''Buzhans'''{{efn|{{Langx|ru|Бужане|Buzhane}}; {{Langx|uk|Бужани}}; {{Langx|pl|Bużanie}}.}} were a tribal union of [[Early Slavs]], which supposedly formed the [[East Slavs]] in southern Russia and the Volga region.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Schemelinin|first=Konstantin|title=THEORY OF ORIGIN OF ROSES AND RUSES, UNIFIED NORMAN, SLAVIC AND IRANIAN THEORIES|journal=Alley of Science|url=https://www.academia.edu/121184525/THE_THEORY_OF_THE_ORIGIN_OF_THE_ROSES_AND_RUSES_COMBINING_THE_NORMAN_SLAVIC_AND_IRANIAN_THEORIES|language=en}}</ref> They are mentioned as ''Buzhane'' in the ''[[Primary Chronicle]]''. Several localities in Russia are claimed to be connected to the Buzhans, such as Sredniy Buzhan in [[Orenburg Oblast]],<ref>[https://meteologix.com/ae/weather/489538-sredniy-buzhan Sredniy Buzhan]</ref> and Buzhan and the [[Buzan River]] in [[Astrakhan Oblast]].

Some theories say that the name of the tribes could be connected to [[Western Bug]], in Ukraine, where they chose to settle down. According to the ''[[Bavarian Geographer]]'', the Buzhans had 230 "cities" ([[fortress|fortresses]]). Some historians believe that the Buzhans and the [[Volhynians]] used to be called the [[Dulebes]].<ref>{{citation |last=Majorov |first=Aleksandr Vjačeslavovič |year=2012 |title=Velika Hrvatska: etnogeneza i rana povijest Slavena prikarpatskoga područja |trans-title=Great Croatia: ethnogenesis and early history of Slavs in the Carpathian area |language=Croatian |location=Zagreb, Samobor |publisher=[[Brethren of the Croatian Dragon]], Meridijani |isbn=978-953-6928-26-2 |page=69}}</ref>

There are even theories connecting the name of the river, region and country of Bosnia to the Buzhans. These theories are mostly promoted by the ''Bavarian Geographer'', [[Joachim Lelewel]] and [[Muhamed Hadžijahić]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hadžijahić |first=Muhamed |title=Povijest Bosne u IX i X Stoljeću |year=2004 |pages=164, 165 |language=BS}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of early Slavic peoples]]

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