• PEOPLE CLUSTER: SLAV, EASTERN


QUICK FACTS:

People groups: 80

Population: 175,487,900

Unreached people groups: 57

UPG population: 163,835,700

Unengaged UPGs: 14

UUPG population: 261,800

Number of countries: 43


Affinity Bloc: Eurasian Peoples

Overview: The Eastern Slavs are a family of Indo-European ethnic peoples who speak one of the East Slav languages: Belarusan, Russian, Rusyn, and Ukrainian. Orthodox Christianity is the primary religion among these people groups.

Peoples within this cluster: Belarusian; Russian; Russian, German-Speaking; Ruthene (Rusyn); Ukrainian

Countries where they are found: Argentina; Australia; Austria; Azerbaijan; Belarus; Belgium; Brazil; Bulgaria; Canada; Chile; China; Cuba; Cyprus; Czechia; Estonia; Finland; France; Georgia; Germany; Italy; Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Latvia; Lithuania; Madagascar; Moldova; Mozambique; Netherlands; North Korea; Peru; Poland; Romania; Russia; Slovakia; Svalbard; Sweden; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; Ukraine; United Kingdom; United States; Uzbekistan; Venezuela


People groups: 80

Population: 175,487,900

Unreached people groups: 57

UPG population: 163,835,700

Unengaged UPGs: 14

UUPG population: 261,800

Number of countries: 43