note: nearly 200 national and/or ethnic groups are represented in Russia’s 2010 census (2010 est.) Definition: This entry provides an ordered listing of ethnic groups starting with the largest and normally includes the percent of total population.

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In Russia: Ethnic groups and languages Although ethnic Russian s comprise more than four-fifths of the country’s total population, Russia is a diverse, multiethnic society. More than 120 ethnic groups, many with their own national territories, speaking some 100 languages live within Russia’s borders.

Ethnic groups Beginning at the pivotal point of Moscow, Russian influence expanded continuously outward. In just more than 500 years (from 1462 to 1991), it spread to cover more than one-third of Europe and nearly half of Asia.

What are the Ethnic Groups of Russia? If you walk down the main streets of Moscow, Russia’s capital and largest city, you will see people of many ethnicities .

Even in the many regions where Russians are in the majority, such claims have been made in the name of the indigenous ethnic group or groups. According to the 1989 Soviet census, Russians constituted 81.5 percent of the population of what is now the Russian Federation.

Russians (Russian: русские, russkiye) are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Eastern Europe. The majority of Russians inhabit the nation state of Russia, while notable ities exist in other former Soviet states such as Belarus, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Ukraine and the Baltic states.

Russian Federation is a dual-national state with over 185 ethnic groups designated as nationalities, population of these groups varying enormously, from millions in case of e.g. Russians and Tatars to under ten thousand in the case of Samis and Kets.

Feb 09, 2016 · Ethnic groups in Russia (2010 ) Ethnic groups Russian 77.7% Other 10.2% Unspecified 3.9% Tatar 3.7% Ukrainian 1.4% Bashkir 1.1% Chuvash 1% Chechen 1% Among the 85 subjects which constitute Russia, there are 21 national republics (meant to be home to a specific ethnic ity), 5 autonomous okrugs (usually with substantial or predominant ethnic ity) and 1 autonomous oblast .

Ethnic Russians comprise the single largest ethnic group in both the Russian Federation and Europe as a whole. Russia is one of the countries with the largest numbers of ethnic groups in Europe. It is a multinational state with around 185 ethnic groups or nationalities.