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Eastern Slavic naming customs — The Eastern Slavic naming customs are the traditions for determining a person s name in countries influenced by East Slavic linguistic tradition. This relates to modern Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Bulgaria and Kazakhstan. For exact rules,… … Wikipedia
Slavic mythology — is the mythological aspect of the polytheistic religion that was practised by the Slavs before Christianisation. The religion possesses many common traits with other religions descended from the Proto Indo European religion. Zbruch Idol. Contents … Wikipedia
Slavic peoples — legend|#004040|South SlavicThe Slavic peoples are an ethnic and linguistic branch of Indo European peoples, living mainly in Europe. From the early 6th century they spread from their original homeland (most commonly thought to be in Eastern… … Wikipedia
Slavic speakers of Greek Macedonia — Total population Greece: 200,000+ Diaspora: 150,000+ Regions with significant populations Florina, Edessa, Kastoria, Thessaloniki, Serres, Drama[1] … Wikipedia
Slavic settlement of the Eastern Alps — region was a historic process that took place between the 6th and 9th century AD, having culminated in the final quarter of the 6th century. Historical background The migration of Slavic peoples from their homeland began in roughly the late 4th… … Wikipedia
Slavic studies — or Slavistics is the academic field of area studies concerned with Slavic areas, Slavic languages, literature, history, and culture. Originally, a Slavist or Slavicist was primarily a linguist or philologist who researches Slavistics, a Slavic… … Wikipedia
Slavic — and Slavonic are used interchangeably in English, with the former preferred in U.S. English, and the latter in UK English. The Oxford English Dictionary gives citations of Slavonic back to the mid 17th century, whereas it seems that Slavic only… … Wikipedia
Eastern Europe — is a general term that refers to the geopolitical region encompassing the easternmost part of the European continent. In some definitions its borders are defined more by culture than by clear and precise geographyFact|date=April 2008. Throughout… … Wikipedia
Eastern Christian monasticism — is the life followed by monks and nuns of Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy and Eastern Catholicism. Some authors will use the term Basilian to describe Eastern monks; however, this is incorrect, since the Eastern Church does not have… … Wikipedia
Slavic languages — or Slavonic languages Branch of the Indo European language family spoken by more than 315 million people in central and eastern Europe and northern Asia. The Slavic family is usually divided into three subgroups: West Slavic, comprising Polish,… … Universalium
