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Russians

Russians (Russian: русские, romanized: russkiye ⓘ) are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Eastern Europe. Their mother tongue is Russian, the most spoken Slavic language.

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Argentina
300,000 (2018)
Armenia
14,076 (2022)
Australia
67,055 (2006)
Azerbaijan
119,300 (2009)
Belarus
706,992 (2019)
Brazil
200,000 (2018) (Russian citizens and Russian ancestry)

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Ethnonym

History

Geographic distribution

Ethnographic groups

Genetics

Assimilation and immigration

Language

Culture

Bibliography

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Russians

Nodes531
Edges530
Triples374
Avg. degree2
Density0.003766
Components1

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related to Bibliography · 126
Russians → Alexandrov, American Journal, Andrew, Anthropology RAS, Archive, Archived, Area, August, Balanovsky, Berlin, Biology, Boris, Borrero, Chapter, Chromosomes, Congress, Country Study, CS1, Cultural Setting, Curtis
related to Genetics · 31
Russians → Aromanians, Baltic Finnic, Baltic Sea, Balts, CCR5de132, Central, Czechs, DNA, East, East European, East Slavs, Estonian, Finno-Ugric, Genetically, Germanic, In, Nordic, North European, Northern Russians, On
related to Geographic distribution · 25
Russians → Argentina, Australia, Balkans, Brazil, Canada, Central European, China, Danube, Danube Delta, Doukhobors, Ethnic Russians, Germany, Japan, Lipovans, Mexico, Poland, Russian, Russian Empire, Sometimes, South Korea
related to history · 25
Russians → East Slavs, Europe, Finnic, From, Kiev, Merya, Meshchera, Moscow, Murom, Muromians, Novgorod, Novgorod-Rostov, Pinsk Marshes, Polotsk, Prior, Recent, Rostov, Russian, Slavic, Slavic-speaking
related to Ethnographic groups · 24
Russians → Among Russians, At, Cossacks, Dmitry Zelenin, East Slavic, Ethnography, Goryuns, Kamchadals, Kamenschiks, Lipovans, Northern, Northern Russians, Old Believers, Polekhs, Pomors, Russian, Russian Chinese, Semeiskie, Siberiaks, Siberians
related to Religion · 23
Russians → According, Another Spiritual Christian, Bible, Canada, Czar's, Doukhobors, Eastern Orthodox Christians, Jesus, Molokans, Most, Nicene Creed, Non-religious Russians, Old Believers, Orthodox, Orthodoxy, Other, Russia, Russian Orthodox, Russian Orthodox Church, Russian Orthodoxy
related to Assimilation and immigration · 15
Russians → Baltic Germans, Emperor Alexander III, Lithuanians, Muscovy, Rus, Russia, Russian, Russian Empire, Russian Orthodoxy, Russian-centred, Siberians, Steppe, Tatars, The, You
related to Ethnonym · 14
Russians → Baltic Sea, East Slavic, English, In, Kievan Rus, Norse, One, Rossiya, Rus, Russia, Russian, The, There, Vladimir Putin
related to External links · 12
Russians → Archived, August, Cultures, Media, People, Population, Russian, Russian Academy, SciencesPre-Revolutionary, Wayback Machine, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
Argentina · 1
Russians → 300,000 (2018)

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Important terminology

russian russia soviet east slavic century became one moscow union ethnic european peoples rus' among vladimir first slavs state europe

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
RussiansArgentina300,000 (2018)1.00infobox
RussiansArmenia14,076 (2022)1.00infobox
RussiansAustralia67,055 (2006)1.00infobox
RussiansAzerbaijan119,300 (2009)1.00infobox
RussiansBelarus706,992 (2019)1.00infobox
RussiansBrazil200,000 (2018) (Russian citizens and Russian ancestry)1.00infobox
RussiansBulgaria15,595 (2002)1.00infobox
RussiansCanada622,445 (2016) (Russian ancestry, excluding Russian Germans) .mw-parser-output .cisb-header{line-height:normal;padding:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cisb-table{width:100%}.mw-parser-…1.00infobox
RussiansChina15,609 (2000)1.00infobox
RussiansCzech Republic35,759 (2016)1.00infobox
RussiansDenmark10,447 (2025)1.00infobox
RussiansEgypt50,000 (2007)1.00infobox
RussiansEstonia315,252 (2021)1.00infobox
RussiansFinland90,801 (2020)1.00infobox
RussiansFrance200,000 to 500,0001.00infobox
RussiansGeorgia26,453 (2014)1.00infobox
RussiansGermanyapprox. 7,500,000 (including Russian Jews and Russian Germans)1.00infobox
RussiansGreece13,635 (2002)<1.00infobox
RussiansHungary21,518 (2016)1.00infobox
RussiansItaly120,4591.00infobox
RussiansKazakhstan2,983,317 (2024 government est.)1.00infobox
RussiansKyrgyzstan352,960 (2018)1.00infobox
RussiansLatvia454,350 (2022)1.00infobox
RussiansLithuania129,797 (2017)1.00infobox
RussiansMoldova201,218 (2014)1.00infobox
RussiansNew Zealand5,979 (2013)<1.00infobox
RussiansOther countriesOther countries Latvia454,350 (2022)Kyrgyzstan352,960 (2018)France200,000 to 500,000Estonia315,252 (2021)Argentina300,000 (2018)Moldova201,218 (2014)Brazil200,000 (2018) (Russia…1.00infobox
RussiansPoland40,000 (2019)1.00infobox
RussiansRomania36,397 (2002) (Lipovans)1.00infobox
RussiansSerbia10,486 (2021)1.00infobox

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