Vitii is an ancient tribe that lived on the territory of Caucasian Albania and today in village Nic Qabala region Azerbaijan udins [1][2] Some scholars believe that the Vitii were Caucasian Albanians,[3][4] while others consider them to have migrated to the Caucasus by the ancient Greeks.[5] Some consider the Vitii to be the ancestors of the modern Udins, but according to other statements, these two tribes could live at the same time.[6][7][8] V.V. Nikolaev identifies the Vitii with Gutians.[9] A.A. Tuallagov describes the Vitii as Caucasian Tocharians and says that they came from the territory of the Yuezhi tribe.[10][11]

According to Strabo, on their lands there was a city in Albania, where the Thessalians from the Ainian tribe lived; according to another version, “Ainians” is a distortion of the local name “Utii” or “Vitii”.[12] In Armenian sources, their land was called "Otena".[13][14] In addition, Strabo mentions one more tribe of Vitii who lived north of the tribes of Albanians and Caspians on the shores of the Caspian Sea.[15] According to Pliny, the Vitii and Albanians made up the majority in the territory of ancient Sakasene, which was located in the area of present-day Nagorno-Karabakh.[16] Igor M. Diakonoff claims that some of the Uti were part of the Scythian kingdom in the Transcaucasia.[17]

References

  1. ↑ Zaseckaja, Irina P. (1994). Культура Кочевников Южнозусских степей в гуннскую эпоху: конец IV - V вв (in Russian). АО "Еллипс". ISBN 978-5-87067-004-1.
  2. ↑ Istorii͡a Dagestana: V 4-kh t (in Russian). Nauka. 1967.
  3. ↑ Труды Двадцать Пятого Международного Конгресса Востоковедов, Москва 9-16 Августа 1960: Заседания секций X, XI, XIII (in Russian). Изд-во восточной лит-ры. 1962.
  4. ↑ Материалы и исследования по археологии СССР (in Russian). Изд-во Академии наук СССР. 1959.
  5. ↑ Васильевна, Тревер, Камилла (1959-01-01). Очерки по истории и культуре Кавказской Албании: IV в. до н.э.- VII в. н.э. (in Russian). АН СССР, Москва-Ленинград.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ↑ Ėtnopolis: ėtnopoliticheskiĭ vestnik Rossii (in Russian). Ėtnopolis. 1992.
  7. ↑ Sibirskai͡a starina (in Russian). Sibirskai͡a starina. 2001.
  8. ↑ Vestnik drevneĭ istorii (in Russian). Наука. 1987.
  9. ↑ Николаев, В. В.; Николаев, Василий Васильевич (2005). История предков чувашей: XXX в. до н.э.--XV в. н.э. : хроника событий (in Russian). Фонд историко-культурологических иссл. им. К.В. Иванова. ISBN 978-5-7361-0090-3.
  10. ↑ Бутаков, Ярослав (2018-07-11). Тайны древних миграций (in Russian). Litres. ISBN 978-5-457-42694-8.
  11. ↑ Туаллагов, Алан Ахсарович (2001). Сарматы и аланы в IV в. до н.э.-И в.н.э (in Russian). Изд-во СОГУ. ISBN 9785833602423.
  12. ↑ Васильевна, Тревер, Камилла (1959-01-01). Очерки по истории и культуре Кавказской Албании: IV в. до н.э.- VII в. н.э. (in Russian). АН СССР, Москва-Ленинград.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  13. ↑ Бакиров, Марсель (2019-08-14). Прототюрки. Изначальная прародина, ранние племена и язык, история и этнокультура (in Russian). Litres. ISBN 978-5-04-184367-0.
  14. ↑ Азәрбајҹан ССР Елмләр Академијасынын хәбәрләри: Известия Академии наук Азербайджанской ССР. Серия истории, философии и права. Тарих, фәлсәфә вә һүгуг серијасы (in Russian). Азәрбајҹан ССР ЕА Нәшријјаты. 1988.
  15. ↑ Этнокультурные процессы в древнем Дагестане: сборник статей (in Russian). Дагестанский филиал АН СССР. 1987.
  16. ↑ Akademii̐asy, Azărbai̐jan SSR Elmlăr (1961). Izvestiia. Seriia Obshchestvennykh Nauk (in Russian).
  17. ↑ Herodotus; Доватур, Аристид Иванович (1982). Народы нашей страны в "Истории" Геродота: тексты, перевод, комментарий (in Russian). Изд-во "Наука".


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