Rokitno, a vast swampy region, now being gradually drained, between the rivers Pripet, Dnieper, and Beresina in West Russia. This region is regarded by Pösché as the original home of the Aryans, whence proceeded the lake-dwellers of Switzerland and the Po valley. See ARYAN RACE.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 8: Peasant to Eoumelia, p. 764
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