They speak slavic languages and preserve slavic culture. Slav, member of the most numerous ethnic and linguistic body of peoples in europe, residing chiefly in eastern and southeastern europe but extending also across northern asia to the pacific ocean Key to these peoples and cultures are the slavic languages Russian, ukrainian, and belarusian to the east Polish, czech, and slovak to the west And slovenian, bosnian/croatian/serbian, macedonian, and bulgarian to the south.
Understanding the slavic people requires a journey through their history, which is filled with migrations, empires, wars, and cultural exchange The earliest slavic history is shrouded in some mystery. These languages are similar enough for some mutual understanding, despite centuries of separate development. The 13 countries considered to be official slavic states include the czech republic, bosnia, serbia, poland, slovakia, belarus, russia, ukraine, bulgaria, macedonia, croatia, slovenia and montenegro Slavic is actually an umbrella term encompassing many different ethnicities, cultures and languages. The early slavs came from various parts of asia into eastern europe about 2,000 bc.
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