East Slavs

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The East Slavs are a major branch of the Slavic peoples from Eastern Europe, historically associated with the origins of the Russian, Ukrainian, and Belarusian nations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Slavic people
ethnic group
ancestralTo Belarusians
Russians
Ukrainians
christianization Christianization of Kievan Rus'
culturalInfluence Belarusian culture
Russian culture
Ukrainian culture
culturalSphere Eastern Orthodox Slavic culture
demographicSignificance largest branch of the Slavs by population
ethnogenesis formed from early Slavic tribes in Eastern Europe
ethnolinguisticGroupOf Eastern Europe
historicalCenter Kievan Rus'
linked to: Kyivan Rus
historicallyAssociatedWith Belarusian people
Russian people
linked to: Russians

Ukrainian people
historicalPeriod Early Middle Ages
High Middle Ages
historicalState Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Grand Duchy of Moscow
Kievan Rus'
linked to: Kyivan Rus
languageBranch East Slavic languages
languageFamily Slavic languages
linguisticMembers Belarusian language
Russian language
Ukrainian language
majorModernStates Belarus
Russia
Ukraine
neighboringPeoples Baltic peoples
Finno-Ugric peoples
Turkic peoples
originatedIn forest-steppe zone of Eastern Europe
partOf Slavic world
region Belarus
Eastern Europe
European part of Russia
Ukraine
relatedGroup South Slavs
West Slavs
religion Eastern Orthodoxy
Greek Catholicism
linked to: Greek Catholics
subgroupOf Indo-European peoples
Slavs
traditionalReligion Slavic paganism
linked to: Slavic mythology
usesLanguage East Slavic languages
writingSystem Cyrillic script

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West Slavs distinguishedFrom East Slavs
Alexander Nevsky ethnicGroup East Slavs
Muscovy locatedIn East Slavic world
linked to: East Slavs
Slavs hasSubdivision East Slavs
Kyivan Rus ethnicComposition East Slavs
South Slavs relatedGroup East Slavs
Novgorod Republic locatedIn East Slavic world
linked to: East Slavs
Yurievichi hasEthnicOrigin East Slavic
linked to: East Slavs
Yurievichi hasCulturalSphere Eastern Slavic world
linked to: East Slavs
Monomakhovichi hasEthnicOrigin East Slavs
Olgovichi ethnicOrigin East Slavic
linked to: East Slavs
Slavic cultural sphere hasSubregion East Slavic cultural sphere
linked to: East Slavs
Igor of Kiev ethnicGroup East Slavs
Sviatoslav I of Kiev ethnicGroup East Slavs
Vsevolod I of Kiev ethnicGroup East Slavs
Lemko heritage associatedWith East Slavic ethnic groups
linked to: East Slavs
Alexandrovna culture East Slavic
linked to: East Slavs
Rus' ethnicComposition East Slavs
Lev II of Galicia culture East Slavic
linked to: East Slavs
Ruthenia associatedWith East Slavs
Principality of Tver ethnicGroup East Slavs
Yuri Dolgorukiy ethnicGroup East Slavs
Lach usedAsExonymBy East Slavs
Severian lands locatedIn East Slavic world
linked to: East Slavs
Severian lands culture East Slavic culture
linked to: East Slavs
Polovtsians ethnonymUsedBy East Slavs
Drevlians ethnicGroupOf East Slavs
Fyodorov culturalContext East Slavic
linked to: East Slavs
Hrœrekr associatedWithPeople East Slavs
Chud usedBy East Slavs
Krivichs ethnicity East Slavs
Ves' interactedWith East Slavs
veche associatedWithCulture East Slavs
Pereyaslavl line ethnicGroup East Slavs
Rogneda of Polotsk ethnicGroup East Slavs
Tmutarakan ethnicComposition East Slavs