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The Slavs
The Slavic people who were the most numerous ethnic group in
Europe:
The 'West Slavs' were the Poles, the Czechs and the Slovaks.
The 'East Slavs' consisted of Russians, Ukrainians and
Belarusians.
The 'South Slavs' consisted of Bulgarians, Croats,
Macedonians Serbs and Slovenians.
In the early Middle Ages Slavs were often used as slaves
which is possibly the origin of the generic term 'Slavs'. |
