Scythian: The Scythians consisted of "all the pastoral tribes who dwelt to the
north of the Black Sea and the Caspian, and were scattered far away
toward the east. Of this vast country but little was anciently known.
Its modern representative is Russia, which, to a great extent,
includes the same territories." They were the descendants of Japheth
(Genesis 9:27) It appears that in apostolic times there were some of this
people that embraced Christianity
(Colossians 3:11)