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The land of the Polans was at the crossroads of territories, belonging to different Eastern Slavic tribes, such as Drevlians, Radimichs, Drehovians and Severyans and connected them all with water arteries. An important trade routeA trade route is a common path of travel for those who frequently traverse between any points of barter interest. The route is considered preferable based on ease of travel. These routes exist everywhere across the planet, and they are usually organized b called the Road from the Varangians to the Greeks passed through the land of the Polans and connected EuropeFor the band of the same name, see Europe (band . Europe is a continent forming the westermost part of the Eurasian supercontinent. Europe is bounded to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the Mediterranean Se with the Black SeaNASA MODIS The Black Sea (also known as the Euxine Sea is an inland sea between southeastern Europe and Asia Minor. It is connected to the Mediterranean Sea by the Bosporus and the Sea of Marmara, and to the Sea of Azov by the Strait of Kerch. There is a and the Byzantine EmpireThe Byzantine Empire or Eastern Roman Empire was the eastern section of the Roman Empire, with its capital at Constantinople (modern Istanbul), which remained in existence after the fall of Rome in the 5th century. The Byzantine period is usually consider.

In 9th and 10th century9th century 10th century 11th century other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 10th century was that century which lasted from 901 to 1000. Events The beginning of the Medieval Warm Period Viking groups settle in northern France N the Polans had a well-developed arable landIn geography, arable land is a form of agricultural land use, meaning land that can be (and is) used for growing crops. David Ricardo incorporated the idea of arable land into economic theory. Of the earth's 57 million square miles (148,000,000 km²) of la farming, cattle-breeding, hunting, fishing, wild-hive beekeeping and various handicrafts such as blacksmith, casting, pottery, jewelers art etc. Thousands of kurgans, found by the archaeologists in the Polan region, indicate that the land of the Polans had a high population density. They lived in small families in semi dug-outs (“earth-houses”) and wore homespun clothes and modest jewelry. Before converting to Christianity, the Polans used to burn their dead and erect kurgan-like embankment s over them.

In the 9th century, the Polans were ruled by the Khazars and had to pay tribute to them. In the 860s, the Polans organized a few successful military campaigns against the Byzantine Empire, the Pechenegs and their own neighbors Polochans . In the 880s, the land of the Polans was conquered by the Prince of Novgorod Oleg and would become the nucleus and the centripetal force of the Rus statehood.

The biggest cities of the Polans were Kyiv, Pereyaslavl-Russky, Rodnia , Vyshhorod , Belgorod, Kaniv. In the 10th century, the term "Polans" was virually out of use and exchanged for "Rus". The Polans as a tribe were last mentioned in a chronicle of 944.

Chronicles repeatedly note that socio-economic relations in the Polan communities were highly developed compared to the neighboring tribes. The chronicalized legends name the Polans as the precursors of the Kyivan Rus and founders of Kyiv (see Kyi, Schek and Khoriv), making them the tribe that had contributed the most to the development of the Rus statehood.