Tell us about the living conditions of the Eastern Slavs and their occupations?

Eastern Slavic tribes lived in the territory of Eastern Europe, where the forest and forest-steppe zone prevailed. These were fertile lands with several large rivers, such as the Dnieper, Dniester, Don, Volga. Natural conditions allowed the Slavs to engage in agriculture and cattle breeding. The dense forests were full of game, which made it possible to hunt. The rivers made it possible to engage in fishing and beekeeping. Thus, the Slavs also developed craft: pottery, carpentry, blacksmithing, leatherworking, weaving, etc.