Russians in Ukraine

Russians in Ukraine
Total population
In the 2001 Ukrainian census, 8,334,100 identified themselves as ethnic Russians
(17.3% of the population of Ukraine).[1]
Regions with significant populations
Donetsk Oblast1,844,399 (2001)
Crimea (excluding Sevastopol)1,180,441 (2001)
Luhansk Oblast991,825 (2001)
Kharkiv Oblast742,025 (2001)
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast627,531 (2001)
Odesa Oblast508,537 (2001)
Zaporizhzhia Oblast476,748 (2001)
Kyiv337,323 (2001)
Sevastopol269,953 (2001)
Ukraine other regions of Ukraine1,355,359 (2001)
Languages
Russian (95.9%, 2001) • Ukrainian (54.8%, 2001)
Related ethnic groups
Slavic people (East Slavs, West Slavs, South Slavs)

Russians are the largest ethnic minority in Ukraine. This community forms the largest single Russian community outside of Russia in the world. In the 2001 Ukrainian census, 8,334,100 identified as ethnic Russians (17.3% of the population of Ukraine); this is the combined figure for persons originating from outside of Ukraine and the Ukrainian-born population declaring Russian ethnicity.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Results / General results of the census / National composition of population". 2001 Ukrainian Census. Archived from the original on July 6, 2007. Retrieved May 20, 2007.

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