India & Russia: Linguistic & Cultural Affinity

accent According affinity Alans ancestors ancient Slavs Arctic Aryans belonging Belorussian Black Sea Byzantinian called Caucasus Central Asia century B.C. chapter Cimmerians culture Danube Darius Darya deity dialects Dnieper Drevliane east Eastern Slav Empire Ephtalites Europe festival gods Greek Herodotus Hindi Hittites Hunnic Huns India Indo-Aryan Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indus inhabited Iranian Kanishka Khorezm Kiev Rus king kingdom Knyaz Koliada Kushan Kushan Empire linguistic lived Maslenitsa Massagetae mentioned Mokosh Moscow mountains nomad northern noun Novogorod Old Slavonic original home Origins of Russia Pamirs period Persian Perun Polar Poliane prefix Punjab regions Rigveda river Ros rule rulers Rusalkys Russian and Sanskrit Russian Land Russian language Sacae Sakas Sarmatians says Scythian tribes Scythians or Sakas Slav language Slav tribes Slavic South Russia Soviet scholars Soviet Union steppes suffix Sun-god Svarog syllable territory Ukrainian upto USSR Vedic verb Vladimir Western worshipped XIX century Yue Chis