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Slavs

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Slavic fowk
Tot population
(350 - 400 million)
Regions wi signeeficant populations
Roushies150 million[1][2][3][4]
Ukrainians39.8–57.5 million[5][6][7]
Belaroushies10 million
Rusyns75,000
Czechs11–12 million
Slovaks6–6.5 million
Silesiesseveral million[8]
Moravies525,760[9]
Kashubies500,000[10]
Sorbs60,000–70,000[11][12]
Serbs10.5 million
Bulgaries9–10 million[13][14][15]
Croats8–8.5 million[16][17]
Bosniaks3-4 million
Slovenes2.5 million[18]
Macedonies2–3.5 million[19]
Montenegrins625,000
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).

  1. http://www.russkie.org/index.php?module=fullitem&id=4194
  2. http://www.rusichi-center.ru/e/2663163-chechentsyi-trebuyut-snesti-pamyatnik-yuriyu-budano Archived 2012-06-23 at the Wayback Machine
  3. http://rcultura.ucoz.ru/index/russkie/0-10
  4. http://www.russedina.ru/articul.php?aid=2354&pid=5 Archived 2013-12-02 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Ukrainians at the Joshua Project
  6. The Ukrainian World Congress states that the Ukrainian diaspora makes 20 million: 20mln Ukrainians living abroad Archived 2012-01-05 at the Wayback Machine
  7. UWC continually and diligently defends the interests of over 20 million Ukrainians...
  8. 2 million in Poland according to the The Institute for European Studies, Ethnological institute of UW (including 0.82 million as nation according to the census 2011), tens of thousands (including over 12,000 as nation according to the census 2011 Archived 2012-01-31 at the Wayback Machine) in the Czech Republic, 3.6 million in Germany (1950); 2.4 million Silesians in West Germany (1970) according to the national census in Germany. Source: Volkszählung vom 27. Mai 1970" Germany (West). Statistisches Bundesamt. W. Kohlhammer, 1972, OCLC Number: 760396
  9. 522,474 as nation according to the census 2011 in the Czech Republic and 3,286 as nation according to the census 2011 Archived 2012-04-17 at the Wayback Machine in Slovakia
  10. 500,000 in Poland according to the The Institute for European Studies, Ethnological institute of UW including 229,000 as nation according to the census in Poland in 2011.
  11. "Germany's Sorb Minority Fights to Save Villages From Vattenfall". Bloomberg. 18 December 2007.
  12. http://www.faqs.org/minorities/Eastern-Europe/Sorbs-of-East-Germany.html
  13. Lewis, M. Paul, ed. (1986–2009). "Bulgarian". Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Sixteenth edition. SIL International. Retrieved 10 Mairch 2010.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  14. Chairman of the State Agency for Bulgarians Abroad (2009). "Chairman of Bulgaria's State Agency for Bulgarians Abroad - 3-4 million Bulgarians abroad in 2009 (in Bulgarie)[[Category:Airticles wi Bulgarie-leid freemit airtins]]". Retrieved 7 Mairch 2011. URL–wikilink conflict (help)
  15. Bulgarian minister without portfolio (2010). "Bulgarian Minister without Portfolio - 4 million Bulgarians outside Bulgaria in 2010 (in Bulgarie)[[Category:Airticles wi Bulgarie-leid freemit airtins]]". Archived frae the original on 14 Julie 2011. Retrieved 7 Mairch 2011. URL–wikilink conflict (help)
  16. Daphne Winland (2004), "Croatian Diaspora", in Melvin Ember; Carol R. Ember; Ian Skoggard (eds.), Encyclopedia of Diasporas: Immigrant and Refugee Cultures Around the World. Volume I: Overviews and Topics; Volume II: Diaspora Communities, 2 (illustrated ed.), Springer, p. 76, ISBN 0-306-48321-1, ISBN 9780306483219, It is estimated that 4.5 million Croatians live outside Croatia (...)
  17. Hrvatski Svjetski Kongres, Croatian World Congress, "4.5 million Croats and people of Croatian heritage live outside of the Republic of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina", also quoted here
  18. Zupančič, Jernej (August 2004). "Ethnic Structure of Slovenia and Slovenes in Neighbouring Countries" (PDF). Slovenia: a geographical overview. Association of the Geographic Societies of Slovenia. Retrieved 10 Apryle 2008.
  19. Nasevski, Boško; Angelova, Dora; Gerovska, Dragica (1995). Македонски Иселенички Алманах '95. Skopje: Матица на Иселениците на Македонија. pp. 52 & 53.
  20. Geography and ethnic geography of the Balkans to 1500 Archived 2008-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
  21. Encyclopædia Britannica (18 September 2006). "Slav (people) – Britannica Online Encyclopedia". Britannica.com. Retrieved 18 August 2010.