FACTOID #53: If you thought Antarctica was inhospitable, think again - its land area is only ninety-eight percent ice. Reassuringly, the other 2% is categorised as "barren rock".
Bartians (Barthi, Barti) is an extinct tribe of Prussians in the land of Barta/Bartia from the middle and lower flow of Lyna river, by Swina river, Lake Mamry, up to the Galindian woods. The Prussian people, or (old) Prussians, were Indo-European Balts inhabiting the area around the Curonian and Vistula Lagoons (i. ... Łyna (Russian: Lava, German: Alle) is a river in northern Poland and the Kaliningrad oblast of Russia, a tributary of the Pregolya river, with a total length of 264 km (190 km in Poland - making it the 11th longest Polish river - and 74 km in Russia) and a basin area... Swina (Polish: Świna; Pomeranian: Swina, German: Swine ) is a central strait, river or a branch of Oder River out of three straits conecting the Lagoon of Szczecin with the Bay of Pomerania of the Baltic Sea, between the islands of Wolin and Uznam. ...
They were mentioned in cronicles in connection with their revolt (together with Warmians and Notangians) against Teutonic Order in 1242-1244. Probably they were mentioned together with in the Hypatian Codex: "Prousi i Bartove". The Warmiak are a Polish ethnic group from Warmia, mostly Roman Catholics. ... Teutonic Knights, charging into battle. ... The Hypatian Codex (Hypatian Chronicle, Ipatiev Chronicle, Russian: ) is a compendium of three chronicles: Primary Chronicle, Kiev Chronicle, and Halych-Volhynian Chronicle. ...