Quote Originally Posted by chukcha
I heard that there are two theories about the origins of slavic people: a normanist theory that is based on the Nestors chronicles and establishes the roots of Slavic people in Scandinavia
There were originally a group of people living in the Urals who migrated to what is now Finland and established the Finnish population. I don't know if they were in any way related to the Slavs in Russia or Scandinavia, but I thought I'd just throw it out there