Buttered Scythians.....

[hoplite14gr]

The lay is Indo-European. That type of face can be found to day in women of the Finno-Ungric stock. The Skytheans based on the Ukraine/South Russia findings have been idendtified of mixed Iranic-Finno-Ungric stock. Of cousre the odd personality of other tribes might have existed.
The non-turkic people of Cauacasus are closer to the ancient Skythians.
In Dagestan Avars (yes Avars!) still exist. And in south-Ossetia people speak an Iranic dialect. The Slaves initially were forest nomads. Some tribes were Skythian allies and some their slaves.
Slavs come from the ancient slavic word "Slova" which means "honor/fame".
When the Avars crossed the Danube a number of their slaves were of slavic stock but not only Slavs. Byzantines called them "Skalvini" and they are the source of the misconseption that Slav origianted from the word slave.
Byzantines are the source of many misconception and some careless modern writers take them literally withou bothering to research their subject.
Kind regards
Stefanos