According to the meaning of Slavic language, it has the connotation of honor and glory. Many non-Slavs in Eastern Europe were Slavs, which made them the largest ethnic group in Europe. Mainly distributed in eastern, central and southeastern Europe.
Western Slavs include: Poles; Czechs; Slovaks; Sorbian (German name is Wende).
Eastern Slavs include Russians, Belarusians and Ukrainians.
Yugoslavs include Croats, Serbs, Slovenes, Macedonians and Bulgarians, while Albanians and Bosnians are Slavs who were mixed with Turks and islamized during the conquest and rule of the Balkans by the Ottoman Turkish Empire.
Eight Yugoslav countries:
Mainly seven countries and Bulgaria after the disintegration of Yugoslavia. Most of these countries are located in the Balkans and its adjacent areas. Historically, the Ottoman Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire once ruled here. 19 18, the Austro-Hungarian Empire disintegrated, and many new Slavic countries emerged here. 1929, the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was founded. 194 1 year, Germany annexed yugoslavia.
After World War II, Yugoslavia regained its independence. Yugoslavia and Bulgaria secretly reached a merger treaty, but Stalin stopped them. From 1992 to 2008, Yugoslavia split into seven countries and regions.