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KaiserIsak
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of Isakistan Empire
Oct 2000
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I dont think romenians are slavic (the name says it all)
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Roman
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Bratislava, Slovakia
Sep 2000
time: 05:16
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A little about the Slavs:
Slovakia is s "Slavic" country, so I will summarize what I have learned in our history classes about the early history of the Slavs.
The location of the proto-homeland of Slavs is not entirely certain, but most historians think it covered roughly the area of the Piptine Marshes between the river Visla and Dneper in modern day Ukraine (and possibly stretching into Poland and Belorussia too).
At the dusk of the Western Roman Empire during the movement of peoples, the Slavs, probably under pressure from some invading groups (this is uncertain, though), moved out in three main thrusts from their 'original' homeland. Thus came the separation of the Slavs into the three main groups: 1) The Western Slavs, 2) The Southern Slavs and 3) The Eastern Slavs.
Now to cut the long story short, each of these "streams" consisted of numerous tribes that gradually coalesced into the Slavic nations we see today.
The situation nowadays:
Western Slavs: Czechs, Polish, Slovaks and (Luzite) Sorbs [the latter make up an ethnic group currently in Germany with only approx. 50,000 members);
Southern Slavs: Bosniaks/Herzegovinians, Bulgarians*, Croatians, Macedonians, Montenegrins (torn identity - many consider themselves Serbs), Serbs and Slovenes;
Eastern Slavs: Belorussians, Russians and Ukrainians (and possibly some groups that are more difficult to define, such as the Cossacs);
* These were originally a turkic tribe, but have been assimilated into the Slavic culture.
Note: It is important to remember that the "Slavic identity" has lost much of it's relevance and there is little enthusiasm for it in most Slavic countries, though it does exist. Many Slavic nations hate each other utterly (I am generalizing now). For example many Poles despise the Russians and we all know the affinity that the Serbs, the Croats and the Bosniaks (popularly reffered to as Bosnian Muslims [they are basically Slavs that accepted Islam under the Ottoman rule]) display for each other.
Another very important info I did not mention about the Slavs, that there is actually a great religious split between two groupings of Slavic nations.
Westen Slavic nations are predominantly Roman Catholic with large Lutheran minorities.
Southern Slavs are a mix. Croats and Slovenes are almost exclusively Catholic, Bosniaks are Muslim and the rest are all Orthodox. The Eastern Slavs are essentially all Orthodox.
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PMLF
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Rio de Janeiro,Brazil
Jul 2000
time: 05:16
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It's very interesting.
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szoszon
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Poland
Oct 2001
time: 05:16
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quote:
Originally posted by KrazyHorse
Plus, the word "slave" originates from the word "Slav". |
Thats bulsh*
Mariusz
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bogi
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quote:
Originally posted by KrazyHorse
Plus, the word "slave" originates from the word "Slav". |
pure bullshit
the word slav came from the word Slaw. That usally ended in slavic last names.
I.E
Boguslaw
Wadyslaw
Slaw means Word.
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13-11-2001 09:16
Lol, does it really?
that Russia seems to have such bad prospects for the future and merely think that Russian leaders should try to tackle the difficult problems now, before it is too late.
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