White Serbia
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A possible location of White Serbia in blue, the Serb lands in red

White Serbia, also known as Bojka (Serbian Cyrillic: Бојка), was the traditional homeland of the White Serbs in Europe.^[1] The area to the east from White Serbia was known as White Croatia.

The location of White Serbia has been disputed. It has been described as:

• north of the Danube and the Carpathians^[2]
• the modern Czech Republic^[3]
• between the Elbe and Saale Rivers^[4]
• Poland^[5]
• Red Ruthenia^[6]

Some of the White Serbs migrated to the Balkans between 610 and 641, led by the Unknown Archont. The White Serbs were first given the province of Thessalonica by the Roman emperor Heraclius as a gift because of their victory against the Avars of Dalmatia.^{citation needed}

Later, the White Serbs resettled in Serbian lands, today's Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia (Paganija, Rascia, Travunia, Doclea and Zachlumia, all incorporated in the 14th century Serbian Empire).

Some historians^who? have drawn connections between the White Serbs and the modern Sorbs of Lusatia, which is sometimes known as Sorbia (Sorbian language: Serbja). The original White Serbs no longer exist as a distinct ethnic group, as the White Serbs who remained in northern Europe were most likely assimilated by Poles and Germans.

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