Slavs in Military History
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Military History, Civilizations, Cultures
- Curriculum: Eastern European History, Russian/Former Soviet States History
- Geographical Location: Russia, Poland, Balkans, Ukraine, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Belarus, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Slovakia
- Date: Beginning about fourth century to the twentieth century
Article abstract: Military significance: From the Middle Ages through the twenty-first century, the Slavs have established their nation states chiefly through invasions, uprisings, and defensive wars.
The peoples of eastern and southeastern Europe who speak languages of the Slavic group include Russians, Ukrainians, Belorussians, Carpatho-Russians (East Slavs); Poles, Czechs, Slovaks, and Wends (West Slavs); and Bulgarians, Macedonians, Serbs, Croatians, Bosniaks, and Slovenes (South Slavs). The Slavs are first mentioned in Roman texts, but the first historic...
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