MoonPie
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Your wikipedia says Polabian Slavs originated in Germany, not Poland.A lot of Western Russia was Polish before it was Russian.
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Is Poland trying to make a claim against Russian land?
Lechites, or Polish tribes people may have been in Russia, before Rus were.
Novgorod Slavs - Wikipedia
Wikipedia links them to Polabians, a type of Lechite, or Polish tribes people.
Polabians are a Western Lechite, or Polish tribe.
The Polabian Slavs started settling in the territory of modern Germany in the 6th century. They were largely conquered by Saxonsand Danes since the 9th century and were subsequently included and gradually assimilated within the Holy Roman Empire. The tribes were gradually Germanized and assimilated in the following centuries; the Sorbs are the only descendants of the Polabian Slavs to have retained their identity and culture. Polabian Slavs - Wikipedia
The main settlement of the Polabians was Racisburg (modern Ratzeburg), named after their Prince Ratibor. The Polabians were similar to the Drevani, also known as the Draväno-polaben or Drevanen, in Lüchow-Dannenberg.
In 1139 Henry the Lion granted "Polabia" to Count Henry of Badewide. The tribe was subsequently Germanized and assimilated over the following centuries. The last remnants of the Polabians died out in the 17th century, as did the Polabian language. Polabians (tribe) - Wikipedia