East Slavs

East Slavs

Усходнія славяне (Belarusian) Восточные славяне (Russian) Выходнї славяне (Rusyn) Східні слов'яни (Ukrainian)
Countries with predominantly East Slavic population (Belarus, Russia, Ukraine)
Total population
210 million+
Regions with significant populations
Majority: Russia, Belarus, Ukraine Minority: Baltics, Central Asia, Caucasus and other
Languages
East Slavic languages: Belarusian, Russian, Rusyn, Ukrainian
Religion
Eastern Orthodoxy (majority among Belarusians, Russians and Ukrainians) Latin Catholicism (minority among Belarusians, Russians and Ukrainians) Eastern Catholicism (minority among both Ukrainians and Belarusians)

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Maximum extent of European territory inhabited by the East Slavic tribes—predecessors of Kievan Rus', the first East Slavic state—in the 8th and 9th centuries

The East Slavs are a subgroup of the Slavs, who speak East Slavic languages and reside chiefly in Eastern Europe but extend also across northern Asia and the Pacific Ocean. They formed the majority of the population of the medieval state Kievan Rus', which they consider their cultural ancestor. Belarusians, Russians and Ukrainians are the existing East Slavic groups. Rusyns and Don Cossacks are sometimes considered a separate nation, though they are often considered a subgroup of Ukrainians and Russians.