Skip to content
Slavs

File:Slavic_europe_(Kosovo_unshaded).svg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons

EntityQ40477· pop 113· linked from 3,504 articles

Also known as Slavic peoples

The Slavs or Slavic people are groups of people who speak Slavic languages. Slavs are geographically distributed throughout the northern parts of Eurasia; they predominantly inhabit Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Southeastern Europe, and Northern Asia, though there is a large Slavic minority scattered across the Baltic states and Central Asia, and a substantial Slavic diaspora in the Americas, Western Europe, and Northern Europe. alt=|thumb|Contemporary map of the Slavic people|Slavic speaking countries of [[Europe.

AI overview

Slavs are groups of people who speak Slavic languages and are primarily found across Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe as well as parts of Northern Asia. They matter because they represent a major population across a large portion of Eurasia, with significant communities also living in various other regions around the world.

AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.

Key facts

Ethnic group.image
Updated map of Slavic World.png
Ethnic group.group
Slavs
Ethnic group.population
c. 300 million (2014)See
Ethnic group.langs
Slavic languages, local sign languages
Ethnic group.rels
Mostly Christianity(Eastern Orthodoxy Roman Catholicism Protestantism Spiritual Christianity) Minorities:Irreligious Islam Judaism Slavic paganism (neo-paganism)
Ethnic group.related
Other Indo-European-speaking peoples, especially Balts

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Population
300000000
Image
Grandmother and the granddaughter.jpg
Show 1 more fact
Commons category
Slavs
Sources (7)

via Wikidata · CC0

~38 min read

Article

20 sections
Contents
  • Ethnonym
  • History
  • Origins
  • First mentions
  • Migrations
  • Middle Ages
  • Modern era
  • Languages
  • Ethno-cultural subdivisions
  • Genetics
  • Religion
  • Relations with non-Slavic people
  • Population
  • Historiography
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • Citations
  • Sources
  • External links

The Slavs or Slavic people are groups of people who speak Slavic languages. Slavs are geographically distributed throughout the northern parts of Eurasia; they predominantly inhabit Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Southeastern Europe, and Northern Asia, though there is a large Slavic minority scattered across the Baltic states and Central Asia, and a substantial Slavic diaspora in the Americas, Western Europe, and Northern Europe. alt=|thumb|Contemporary map of the Slavic people|Slavic speaking countries of [[Europe.

]]

Gallery (42)

Connections

Categories