Based on the physical characteristics attributed to Indo-Europeans (fair hair, blue or light eyes, tallness, slim hips, fine lips, a prominent chin) by the philologist Ludwig Geiger, Poesche placed the origin of the Aryans in the vast Rokitno Marshes, then in the Russian Empire, now covering much of the southern part of Belarus and the north-west of the Ukraine, where albinism was common.
Pinsk | Pontine Marshes | Tantramar Marshes | North Kent Marshes | Mesopotamian Marshes | Walthamstow Marshes | Pinsk Marshes | Pińsk | Dead Marshes | ''Sunlight and Shadow: The Newbury Marshes'', c. 1871-1875, by Martin Johnson Heade | Rainham Marshes Nature Reserve | Oare Marshes | Maeotian marshes | Brading Marshes RSPB reserve |
Kurdybań Warkowicki was one of the only a handful of surviving units, among them: Młynów, Lubomirka, Klewań, Rokitno, Budki Snowidowickie and Osty.