 lech, Äech (or czech), and rus are three legendary brothers who founded three slavic nations: lechia (poland), czechs (bohemia, moravia, silesia; thus the modern czech republic), and ruthenia (rus', modern russia, belarus, and ukraine). there are multiple versions of the legend, including several regional variants that mention only one or two of the brothers. ==variants of the legend==   other variations of lech's name (pronounced ) include: lechus,reges et principes regni poloniae adrian kochan wolski; riksarkivet e 8603; buv 18.24.1.17  quote: lechus adest, a quo deducta colonia nostra est. lachus, lestus, and leszek. czech, or praotec Äech (pronounced ; forefather Äech) also comes under the latin name bohemus, for the name is based on a pre-slavic celtic designation (celtic tribe boii, latin form boiohaemum that was used for czech lands).andreas osiander, before the state: systemic political change in the west from the greeks to the french revolution, pg. 241, oxford university press (2008), isbn 0-19-829451-4 a similar legend (with partly changed names) was also registered in folk tales at two separated locations in croatia: in the kajkavian dialect of krapina in zagorje (northern croatia) and in the chakavian dialect of poljica on the adriatic sea (central dalmatia). the croatian variant was described and analysed in detail by s. sakaÄ in 1940.krapina-kijev-ararat, priÄa o troje braÄe i jednoj sestri. Å½ivot 21/3: 129â149, zagreb ===polish version=== in the polish version of the legend, three brothers went hunting together but each of them followed a different prey and eventually they all traveled in different directions. rus went to the east, Äech headed to the west to settle on the ÅÃ­p mountain rising up from the bohemian hilly countryside, while lech traveled north. there, while hunting, he followed his arrow and suddenly found himself face-to-face with a
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