Slavs

Frae the early 6t century thay spread tae inhabit maist o Central an Eastren Europe an the Balkans. 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.

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
Ukrainians	39.8–57.5 million
Belaroushies	10 million
Rusyns	75,000
Czechs	11–12 million
Slovaks	6–6.5 million
Silesies	several million
Moravies	525,760
Kashubies	500,000
Sorbs	60,000–70,000
Serbs	10.5 million
Bulgaries	9–10 million
Croats	8–8.5 million
Bosniaks	3-4 million
Slovenes	2.5 million
Macedonies	2–3.5 million
Montenegrins	625,000
Leids
Slavic leids (East, Sooth, Wast)
Releegion
Christianity, Atheism, Islam an Slavic Neopaganism
Relatit ethnic groups
Balts

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), an Sooth Slavic (includin Bulgaries, Macedonies, Slovenes, Croats, Bosniaks, Serbs an Montenegrins).