Editing Neuri (section)

==Identification==
The Neuri belonged to a group of northern European peoples of unknown origin, but most researches propose an ethnic group ancestral to the Slavic, Baltic or larger Balto-Slavic peoples.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pekkanen |first=Tuomo |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3ckGAAAAMAAJ&q=neuri%20slavic%20origin |title=The Ethnic Origin of the [Doulosporoi] |date=1968 |publisher=Klassillis-filologinen yhdistys |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Payton |first=James R. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-idMEAAAQBAJ |title=The Unknown Europe: How Eastern Europe Got That Way |date=2021-11-03 |publisher=Wipf and Stock Publishers |isbn=978-1-6667-0475-4 |language=en}}</ref>

The Neuri lived in the region corresponding to present-day [[Belarus]],{{sfn|Sulimirski|1985|p=153}} in the territory including the [[Desna (river)|Desna]], [[Pripyat (river)|Pripyat]], and middle [[Dnieper]] rivers. To the south, the territory of the Neuri reached the upper section of the [[Southern Bug|Southern Buh]] river.{{sfn|Sulimirski|1985|p=184}}

The neighbours of the Neuri to the east of the Dnieper river were the [[Androphagi]], the [[Melanchlaeni]],{{sfn|Sulimirski|1985|p=185}} and the [[Budini]] as well as [[Finno-Ugric peoples]].{{sfn|Sulimirski|1985|p=183}} Their neighbours were the [[Agathyrsi]] to the south-west,{{sfn|Sulimirski|1985|p=184}} and the [[Scythians|Scythian]]{{sfn|Sulimirski|1985|p=153}} tribe of the Aroteres to the south-east.{{sfn|Sulimirski|1985|p=184}}{{sfn|Sulimirski|Taylor|1991|p=585}}