Smoljans

As Smoljanen ( Smolyani ), two Slavic referred to but mutually geographically and historically very different strains of the Middle Ages.

• that South Slavic tribe after which the Bulgarian city of Smolyan is named
• the East Slavic inhabitants of today's Russian city of Smolensk (Russians and Belarusians), legend has it that there was an alleged Smolyan tribe , to whom the founding of the city is ascribed

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.