Vieux futharkthumb|267px|Emplacements des découvertes d’inscriptions en vieux Futhark. Le vieux Futhark (ou vieux Fuþark, ancien Futhark) est la plus ancienne forme d’alphabet runique, utilisée par les peuples germaniques pour écrire le germanique nord-occidental ainsi que des dialectes germaniques de l’époque des Grandes Invasions, du au , à la surface d’artefacts (bijouterie, amulettes, outils, armes) ou de pierres runiques.
DaugavaLa Daugava ou Dvina occidentale (Daugava ; Западная Двина, Zapadnaïa Dvina ; Заходняя Дзвiна, Zakhodniaïa Dzvina ; Dźwina ; Düna ; Väina ; Väinäjoki) est un fleuve de qui coule en Lettonie, en Biélorussie et en Russie. thumb|300px|Carte montrant le cours de la Daugava, qui traverse Vitebsk (16), Daugavpils (17) et Riga (18). thumb|Coucher de soleil sur la Daugava Le fleuve prend sa source en Russie dans la région d’Andreapol, oblast de Tver, dans les collines de Valdaï, et adopte d’abord la direction du sud.
ÖstergötlandÖstergötland (ˈœ̂sːtɛrˌjøːtland; English exonym: East Gothland) is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden (landskap in Swedish) in the south of Sweden. It borders Småland, Västergötland, Närke, Södermanland and the Baltic Sea. In older English literature, the Latinized version Ostrogothia is also used. The corresponding administrative county, Östergötland County, covers the entire province and parts of neighbouring provinces. From 1560, Östergötland was represented with two separate coats-of-arms seals until 1884, when the current one was granted.
Finnic peoplesThe Finnic or Fennic peoples, sometimes simply called Finns, are the nations who speak languages traditionally classified in the Finnic (now commonly Finno-Permic) language family, and which are thought to have originated in the region of the Volga River. The largest Finnic peoples by population are the Finns (or more precisely the Suomi, 6 million), the Estonians (1 million), the Mordvins (800,000), the Mari (570,000), the Udmurts (550,000), the Komis (330,000) and the Sami (100,000).
