The Scythians or Scyths, and sometimes also referred to as the Classical Scythians and the Pontic Scythians,[[[Wikipedia:Citing_sources|page needed]]]_3-0" class="reference"> were an ancient Eastern Iranian equestrian nomadic people who had migrated from Central Asia to the Pontic Steppe in modern-day Ukraine and Southern Russia from approximately the 7th century BC until the 3rd century BC. After the Scythians' disappearance, authors of the ancient, mediaeval, and early modern periods used the name "Scythian" to refer to various populations of the steppes unrelated to them.