THE SLAVS' DISPERSAL ROUTES IN PSKOV-ILMEN REGION
The article examines the problem of the Slavs' migration routes in the northwest of the Russian plain. The author suggests a hypothesis on the Baltic Slavs' migrations to Pskov-Ilmen region on ocean ships through the Baltic Sea. Special attention is paid to the latest achievements of the historical science in studying the mentioned research area. The paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the problem taking into account written sources, archeological materials, ethnonymic data. It is shown that the hypothesis establishing relation between Novgorod Slovenes and the Baltic Slavs is the most promising one.