Slavs

Slavic fowk

Trubar Ivan Peter Elizabeth Boscovich Gogol Chopin Dostoyevsky Tolstoy Mendeleev Tchaikovsky Dvořák Sienkiewicz Tesla Chekhov Curie Szczepanik Meštrović Tito Zhukov Kowalska Prelog John Paul II Gagarin Klitschko Sharapova Djoković
Tot population
(350 - 400 million)
Regions wi signeeficant populations
Roushies	150 million[1][2][3][4]
Ukrainians	39.8–57.5 million[5][6][7]
Belaroushies	10 million
Rusyns	75,000
Czechs	11–12 million
Slovaks	6–6.5 million
Silesies	several million[8]
Moravies	525,760[9]
Kashubies	500,000[10]
Sorbs	60,000–70,000[11][12]
Serbs	10.5 million
Bulgaries	9–10 million[13][14][15]
Croats	8–8.5 million[16][17]
Bosniaks	3-4 million
Slovenes	2.5 million[18]
Macedonies	2–3.5 million[19]
Montenegrins	625,000
Leids
Slavic leids (East, Sooth, Wast)
Releegion
Christianity, Atheism, Islam an Slavic Neopaganism
Relatit ethnic groups
Balts

The Slavic fowk are an Indo-European ethnic-linguistic group livin in Central Europe, Eastren Europe, Sootheast Europe, North Asie an Central Asie, who speak the Indo-European Slavic leids, an share, tae varyin degrees, certain cultural traits an historical backgrunds. Frae the early 6t century thay spread tae inhabit maist o Central an Eastren Europe an the Balkans.^[20] In addeetion tae thair main population centre in Europe, some East Slavs (Roushies) settled later in Siberie an Central Asie an aw. Pairt o aw Slavic ethnicities emigratit tae ither pairts o the warld. Ower hauf o Europe's territory is inhabitit bi Slavic-speakin commonties. The warldwide population o fowk o Slavic strynd is close tae 400 million for which thay rank fowert amang panethnicities in the warld.

Modren naitions an ethnic groups cried bi the ethnonym Slavs are considerably diverse baith genetically an culturally, an relations atween them – even athin the individual ethnic groups thairsels – are variet, rangin frae a sense o connection tae feelins o mutual hostility.

Present-day Slavic fowk are classifee'd intae East Slavic (includin Roushies, Ukrainians, an Belaroushies), Wast Slavic (includin Poles, Czechs, Slovaks an Silesies),^[21] an Sooth Slavic (includin Bulgaries, Macedonies, Slovenes, Croats, Bosniaks, Serbs an Montenegrins).