Slavs

Slavs are the largest European ethnolinguistic group. They speak a 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 & Eastern Europe, together with 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 result 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, innovative 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".

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Among Slavic populations who profess a religion, the majority of contemporary Christian Slavs are Orthodox, followed by Catholic. The majority of Muslim Slavs undertake the Hanafi school of the Sunni branch of Islam. Religious delineations by nationality can be very sharp; commonly in the Slavic ethnic groups, the vast majority of religious people share the same religion. The Czech Republic is the only Slavic country with a population that is majority irreligious.

Mainly Eastern Orthodoxy:

Mainly Catholicism:

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