Ingrian Finns

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Ingrians
inkeriläiset
Ингерманландцы
(part of Finns)

Flag of Ingrians
Ingrian Finns at the Estonian Song and Dance Festival
Total population
c. 50,000
Regions with significant populations
Finland, Russia
Finland	25,000[1]
Russia	20,300 (2010)[2]
Sweden	4,500 (2008)[3]
Ukraine	768 (2001)[4]
Kazakhstan	373 (2009)[5]
Estonia	369 (2011)[6]
Belarus	151 (2009)[7]
Languages
Finnish (Ingrian dialects), Ingrian, Votic, Estonian, Russian
Religion
Lutheranism, Orthodox Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Other Baltic Finns Especially Izhorians, Votes, Estonians, and other Finns (particularly Siberian Finns and Korlaks)

The Ingrians (Finnish: inkeriläiset, inkerinsuomalaiset; Russian: Ингерманландцы, romanized: Ingermanlandtsy), sometimes called Ingrian Finns, are the Finnish population of Ingria (now the central part of Leningrad Oblast in Russia), descending from Lutheran Finnish immigrants introduced into the area in the 17th century, when Finland and Ingria were both parts of the Swedish Empire. In the forced deportations before and after World War II, and during the genocide of Ingrian Finns, most of them were relocated to other parts of the Soviet Union, or killed. Today the Ingrian Finns constitute the largest part of the Finnish population of the Russian Federation. According to some records, some 25,000 Ingrian Finns have returned or still reside in the region of Saint Petersburg.