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Ethnic groups in Russia
- RussiansRussian has two words for "Russians," and they mean different things.
- BashkirsThe Bashkirs' name most widely reads as "leading wolf." A legend says seven tribes followed a wolf to the Urals.
- Sámi peopleA Sámi garment called a gákti can tell a stranger where its wearer comes from. Its colours, patterns and jewellery can also show whether the person is single or married, and sometimes which family they belong to. The people who wear it are…
- TatarsThe extra r in Tartar was almost certainly no accident. Scholars link it to Tartarus, the underworld of Greek myth.
- Kazakhs in RussiaIn the 1920s, Soviet border lines moved around Kazakh families and left them in Russia. They were not migrants.
- KipchaksKipchak refugees who fled the Mongols went on to found Egypt's Mamluk Sultanate in 1250.
- Ashkenazi JewsAshkenazi Jews were just 3% of world Jewry in the late 11th century. By 1930 they were an estimated 92%.
- Ainu peopleThe Ainu people live in northern Japan and southeastern Russia, and no one can say exactly how many of them there are. In 2023, an official survey in Hokkaido gathered 11,450 responses. In 2021, the Ainu population in Russia was estimated…
- Ukrainians in RussiaThe first Ukrainians to move to Russia after a 1654 treaty were scholars, priests and artists.
- Ethnic groups in RussiaEthnic groups in Russia number more than 190, and the 2021 census shows how far apart their sizes can be. Russians were counted at more than 105 million people. At the other end of the table, only 12 people were recorded as Central Asian…