Стаття присвячена історичній інтерпретації згадок середньовічних авторів про прихід слов'ян з
Подунав'я. Аналізуються археологічні матеріали, що певною мірою узгоджуються з твердженнями середньовічних
хронік про переселення слов'янського населення з Подунав'я на територію України.
The article is dedicated to the historical interpretation of the annalistic information about the arrival of
Slavs from the Danube region and their subsequent scattering. On the first pages of "The TaIe of Bygone
Years" Nestor tells about coming and settling of Slavs from the Danube region. This annalistic mentioning
was laid in the base of the Danube theory of Slavs' origin, which is considered to be a contestable one among
the scientists. But there are historical and archaeological sources, which corroborate the very process which
had been taking place at the beginning of the Middle Ages Epoch. According to Iordan, Procophanus,
Nicephorus and the other, in the VIth-VIIth century Slavonic tribes managed to colonize the Balkans and
the Danube region. This process is also fixed archaeologically by the presence of the settlements such as
Dzedzovi, Lozia and the burial grounds such as Garvan, Babovo, Yuper on these territories. And only the
arrival of Proto-Bulgarians on the Balkan and Danube lands under the leadership of Khan Asparukh in
679/680 caused the partial settling of Slavs on their original territories. The treasures from Zalissia and
Kharivka, the materials from Pastyrs'ke and Zymno HiIl forts, which originate from Ukrainian territories
are the archeological evidences of such setting out.
