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Revision as of 11:52, 11 August 2003 by Nikola Smolenski (talk | contribs) (Moved text from Russian people)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Russians are citizens of Russia; another sense of the term is less inclusive and is restricted to ethnic Russians living anywhere. Insofar as there is a Russian national character--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 self-esteem. Authors such as Leo Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky have made the Russian national character highly recognizable, if only in literature.
The Russian is officially one of the 56 Chinese nationalities.