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East Slavs

Slavic peoples speaking the East Slavic languages (Belarusian, Russian, Rusyn, Ukrainian people); formerly the main population of the Kievan Rus
Intangible ethnic_group Q211052
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Summary

East Slavs is an ethnic group[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of ethnic group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,792 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: notion[3]
  • Subclass of: Slavs[4]
  • Part of: Eastern Europe[5]
  • Commons category: East Slavs[6]
  • Has part(s): Russians[7], Ukrainians[8], Belarusians[9], Rusyns[10], Podlashuks[11], Poleshuks[12], Cossacks[13], Alaskan Creoles[14], Kamchadals[15]
  • Topic's main category: Category:East Slavic tribes[16]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18]

Why It Matters

East Slavs has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Bischrob · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sociomap id → SM492748
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Sociomap id: SM492748, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1789071553872"
  2. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0289908-vychodni-Slovane
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0289908-vychodni-Slovane, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → —
    Topic's main category → Category:East Slavic tribes
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ Yso id: 38377, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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