Поставить артикли! long, long ago there dwelled in eastern europe eastern slavs, ancestors of russian, ukrainian and byelorussian peoples. excavations of slav villages as well as ancient manuscripts and folklore have helped us to learn much about their life and occupations.crop farming was main occupation of ancient slavs. it was not easy to till land, especially in forest zones. first, all the trees had to be destroyed. this was beyond strength of person. in encampment jointly cut and burned them when they were dry. ashes left behind by fire fertilised . task was to remove stumps. land thus cleared was divided between families. was tilled with and gathered with . slavs owned cattle, but not much, and it was very valuable. animals provided people with and , out of which they made their clothes. food was also procured by hunting and fishing.