On the question of the settlement of the Tambov Region and the adjacent territories of the Upper Don by the Slavs in the first half of the first millennium CE

The problem of settlement of the Upper Don territories by Eastern Slavs has been studied. Given topic was considered by a number of scientists on the basis of the material of archaeological monuments. In the course of the work, the cultural heritage of the first Slavic archaeological cultures, such as the Zarubinets, Kolochin and Chernyakhov, was analyzed. The reasons for migrations of the above-mentioned tribes across the territory of the Upper Don are considered, the chronological framework is outlined, and the main waves of the population of the regions of central Russia are identified: Lipetsk, Voronezh and Tambov.