6 ] Slavic peoples are classified geographically and linguistically into  West Slavic  (including Czechs ,  Moravians ,  Poles ,  Silesians ,  Slovaks  and  Sorbs ),  East Slavic  (including Belarusians ,  Russians  and  Ukrainians ) [ 8 ] , and  South Slavic  (including  Bosniaks ,  Bulgarians , Croats ,  Macedonians ,  Montenegrins ,