East Slavic ethnic group
Ethnic group
Russians c. 135 million [citation needed ]
Russia 105,620,179 (2021)[1] Ukraine 7,170,000 (2018) (including Crimea )[2] Kazakhstan 2,983,317 (2024)[3] Uzbekistan 720,324 (2019)[4] Belarus 706,992 (2019)[5] Canada 622,445 (2016) (Russian ancestry, excluding Russian Germans)[6]
Other countries
Latvia 454,350 (2022)[7] Kyrgyzstan 352,960 (2018)[8] Estonia 315,252 (2021)[9] Argentina 300,000 (2018)[10] Moldova 201,218 (2014)[11] France 200,000[12] to 500,000[12] [13] Turkmenistan 150,000 (2012)[14] Lithuania 129,797 (2017)[15] Italy 120,459[16] Azerbaijan 119,300 (2009)[17] Finland 90,801 (2020)[18] Spain 72,234 (2017)[19] Australia 67,055 (2006)[20] Turkey 50,000–100,000 (2019)[21] [22] Poland 40,000 (2019)[23] Romania 36,397 (2002) (Lipovans )[24] Czech Republic 35,759 (2016)[25] Tajikistan 35,000 (2010)[26] South Korea 30,098 (2016)[27] Georgia 26,453 (2014)[28] Hungary 21,518 (2016)[29] Sweden 20,187 (2016)[30] China 15,609 (2000)[31] Bulgaria 15,595 (2002)[32] Armenia 14,660 (2002)[33] Greece 13,635 (2002)<[34] Slovakia 8,116 (2021)[35] [36] India 6,000–15,000 (2011)[37] Denmark 7,686 (2019)[38] New Zealand 5,979 (2013)<[39]
Russian (Russian Sign Language )Predominantly Eastern Orthodoxy (Russian Orthodoxy ), minority irreligion Other East Slavs (Belarusians , Ukrainians , Rusyns )[40]
The Russians (Russian : русские , romanized : russkiye ) are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Eastern Europe , who share a common Russian ancestry, culture , and history . Russian , the most spoken Slavic language , is the shared mother tongue of the Russians; Orthodox Christianity has been their majority religion since the formation of a Russian identity in the Middle Ages . They are the largest Slavic nation and the largest European nation .
The Russians were formed from East Slavic tribes, and their cultural ancestry is based in Kievan Rus' . Genetically , the majority of Russians are very similar to their East Slavic counterparts,[40] unlike Northern Russians, who belong to the Northern European Baltic gene pool. The Russian word for the Russians is derived from the people of Rus' and the territory of Rus' . The Russians share many historical and cultural traits with other European peoples, and especially with other East Slavic ethnic groups, specifically Belarusians and Ukrainians .
The vast majority of Russians live in native Russia, but notable minorities are scattered throughout other post-Soviet states such as Belarus , Kazakhstan , Moldova , Ukraine , and the Baltic states . A large Russian diaspora (sometimes including Russian-speaking non-Russians), estimated at 25 million people,[41] has developed all over the world, with notable numbers in the United States , Germany , Brazil , and Canada .
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