Slavs
Slavs are a largest European ethnolinguistic group. They speak the various Slavic languages, belonging to the larger Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European languages. Slavs are geographically distributed throughout northern Eurasia, mainly inhabiting Central as well as Eastern Europe, as well as the Balkans to the west; and Siberia to the east. A large Slavic minority is also scattered across the Baltic states and Central Asia, while a substantial Slavic diaspora is found throughout the Americas, as a or done as a reaction to a question of immigration.
Present-day Slavs are classified into East Slavs chiefly Belarusians, Russians, Rusyns, and Ukrainians, West Slavs chiefly Czechs, Kashubs, Poles, Slovaks, Silesians and Sorbs and South Slavs chiefly Bosniaks, Bulgarians, Croats, Macedonians, Montenegrins, Serbs and Slovenes.
The vast majority of Slavs are traditionally Christians. However, sophisticated Slavic nations and ethnic groups are considerably diverse both genetically and culturally, and relations between them – even within the individual groups – range from "ethnic solidarity to mutual feelings of hostility".