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| ''' Russians ''' are an ethnic group of East ], which live primarily in Russia and neighboring countries. | |||
| '''Russians''' are citizens of ]; another sense of the term is less inclusive and is restricted to ethnic Russians living anywhere. Insofar as there is a Russian ] - that is, the following is of course by no means a scientific description with no exceptions - Russians are characterized by warmth, sincerity, high intelligence, pride, and poor ]. Authors such as ] and ] have made the Russian national character highly recognizable, if only in literature. | |||
| Note: sometimes the term “Russian” is used to refer to any citizen of Russia. In the Russian language there two separate words, one for an ethnic Russian and one for a person of any ethnicity that hold a Russian citizenship. Ethnic Russians make up about 82% of the population of the Russia. | |||
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| ==Population== | |||
| Russians are one of the largest ethnic groups in the world with a population of about 150 million people worldwide. Roughly 120 million ethnic Russians live in ] and 28 million more live in the near abroad, countries neighboring Russia. A relatively small number of Russians, around 2 million, live elsewhere in the world, mostly in North America and Western Europe. | |||
| ==Religion== | |||
| Russians are one of the ] officially recognized by the ] (as ''the Russ''), and there are approximately 10,000 Russian Chinese living mostly in northern ], and also in ] and ]. | |||
| Russians are predomiantly of the Orthodox Christian faith, more specifically most belong to the ]. | |||
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Revision as of 00:34, 5 May 2004
Russians are an ethnic group of East Slavic people, which live primarily in Russia and neighboring countries.
Note: sometimes the term “Russian” is used to refer to any citizen of Russia. In the Russian language there two separate words, one for an ethnic Russian and one for a person of any ethnicity that hold a Russian citizenship. Ethnic Russians make up about 82% of the population of the Russia.
Population
Russians are one of the largest ethnic groups in the world with a population of about 150 million people worldwide. Roughly 120 million ethnic Russians live in Russia and 28 million more live in the near abroad, countries neighboring Russia. A relatively small number of Russians, around 2 million, live elsewhere in the world, mostly in North America and Western Europe.
Religion
Russians are predomiantly of the Orthodox Christian faith, more specifically most belong to the Russian Orthodox Church.