History of Russia Lesson 1, Who are the SLAVS
Russian history from Rurik to modern days: WHO ARE THE SLAVS So, who are the Slavs Slavs are the largest ethnolinguistic group in Europe. Presentday Slavic people are classified intoEast Slavs(chieflyBelarusians, Russians, andUkrainians), West Slavs(chieflyCzechs, Moravians, Poles, and Slovaks), andSouth Slavs(chieflyBosniaks, Bulgarians, Croats, Macedonians, Montenegrins, Serbs, andSlovenes). Theearly Slavswere a diverse group oftribal societieswho lived during theEarly Middle Ages(approximately the 5th to the 10th centuries) inEastern Europe. The first written use of the name Slavs dates to the 6th century when the Slavic tribes inhabited a large portion ofCentral and Eastern Europe. What did the Slavs look like This is whatProcopiuswas writing about the Slavs: They are tall and especially strong, their skin is not very white, and their hair is neitherblondnorblack, but all have reddish(auburn)hair. They are neither dish
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