How many nations are there in Russia. Peoples of Russia: list and number. Peoples of the southern regions
Russia is a multinational state. How many peoples live in Russia? Which ones are the most numerous? How are they settled throughout the country? We will find out about this further.
How many peoples live in Russia?
Russia covers a huge territory, stretching from Eastern Europe to Its area is 17,125,191 square kilometers, in terms of this size the country ranks first in the world.
In terms of population, Russia is in ninth position, it is 146.6 million people. How many peoples live in Russia? It is difficult to give an exact figure, but there are approximately 190 of them, including the autochthonous population and small indigenous peoples.
The main source of data on the population of Russia is the 2010 census. The nationality of the citizens of the country is not indicated in the passports, therefore the data for the census was obtained based on the self-determination of the inhabitants.
Slightly more than 80% of residents identified themselves as Russians, while other nationalities accounted for 19.1%. Approximately five and a half million people did not indicate their nationality. Based on these data, the total number of the peoples of Russia who do not identify themselves as Russians amounted to 26.2 million people.
Ethnic composition
Russians are the titular population of the country, they prevail in most subjects Russian Federation... These include the Pomors, representing the Karelian and Russian sub-ethnos in the White Sea region. The second largest people are the Tatars, which include the Mishars, Kryashens, Astrakhan and
The most numerous group of peoples is made up of Slavs, mainly Russians, Ukrainians, Belarusians, Poles and Bulgarians. They belong to the Indo-European family, which in Russia is also represented by the Roman, Greek, Germanic, Baltic, Iranian, Indo-Iranian and Armenian groups.
In total, peoples who belong to nine linguistic families live on the territory of the state. In addition to Indo-European, these include:
- Altai;
- blue Tibetan;
- Ural-Yukaghir;
- Chukotka-Kamchatka;
- Yenisei;
- Kartvelian;
- Eskimo-Aleutian;
- North Caucasian.
Small peoples of Russia are represented by Kereks (4 people), Vod people (64), Enets (227), Ulti (295), Chulyms (355), Aleuts (482), Negidal (513), Oroch (596). These include peoples who belong to the Finno-Ugric, Samoyed, Turkic, Sino-Tibetan groups.
The largest peoples of Russia are presented in the table below.
People | Number in million |
Ukrainians | |
Azerbaijanis |
Map of the peoples of Russia
The population of the country is not uniformly settled. How many peoples live in Russia and how they are located on its territory can be clearly demonstrated by the map below. The overwhelming majority live in the area between St. Petersburg, Krasnoyarsk, Novorossiysk and Primorsky Krai, where all the largest cities are located.
The largest Tatars and Ukrainians mainly inhabit the southwestern part of the country. Ukrainians make up a large share of the population in the Chukotka and Khanty-Mansiysk districts, in the Magadan region.
As for the rest of the peoples of the Slavic group, the Poles and Bulgarians do not form large groups and are settled dispersedly. The compact Polish population lives only in the Omsk region. The majority of Belarusians inhabit the area of Moscow and St. Petersburg, as well as the Kaliningrad Region, Karelia, and the Khanty-Mansiysk District.
Tatars
The number of Tatars in Russia is more than 3% of the total population. A third of them live in the Republic of Tatarstan. Focal settlements are also located in the Ulyanovsk region, in the Khanty-Mansiysk district, Bashkortostan, Tyumen, Orenburg, Chelyabinsk, Penza regions and in other subjects of the state.
Most Tatars are Sunni Muslims. Different groups of Tatars have linguistic differences, as well as differ from each other in traditions and way of life. Their language belongs to the Turkic languages of the Altai family, it has three dialects: Misharsky (western), Kazan (middle), Siberian-Tatar (eastern). The Tatar language is the official language in the Republic of Tatarstan.
The ethnonym "Tatars" appeared in the 6th century among the Turkic tribes who called themselves that way. After the conquest of the Golden Horde in the XIII century. the name spreads and already designates the Mongols and the tribes conquered by them. Later, the term was used in relation to nomads of Mongolian origin. Having settled in the Volga region, these tribes called themselves Messelmans, Misers, Bulgarians, Kazanls, etc., until in the 19th century they consolidated under the definition of “Tatars”.
Ukrainians
One of the East Slavic peoples - Ukrainians, lives mainly on the territory of the state of Ukraine, where its population is about 41 million people. Large Ukrainian diasporas are located in Russia, USA, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Germany and other countries.
Including labor immigrants, approximately 5 million Ukrainians live in Russia. Most of them live in cities. Large centers of settlement of this ethnic group are located in Moscow and the Moscow region, the Tyumen, Rostov, Omsk regions, in the Primorsky and Krasnodar territories, the Yamalo-Nenets district, etc.
The history of the peoples of Russia is not the same. The large-scale settlement of Russian territories by Ukrainians began during the existence of the empire. In the 16th-17th centuries, according to the tsarist decree, Cossacks, gunners, archers from the Ukraine and the Don were sent to Siberia and the Far East to develop lands. Later, peasants, townspeople, and representatives of the Cossack foremen were exiled to them.
The intelligentsia of their own free will moved to St. Petersburg at a time when the city was the capital Russian Empire... At present, the Ukrainians represent the largest ethnic group in it after the Russians.
Bashkirs
The fourth largest nation of Russia is the Bashkirs. The overwhelming majority live in the Republic of Bashkortostan. They also inhabit the Tyumen, Kurgan, Orenburg regions. The Bashkir language belongs to the Altai family, is divided into southern and eastern dialects and several dialects.
According to anthropological characteristics, the people belong to the Subural and South Siberian (among the Eastern Bashkirs) racial types. They represent Caucasians with a bit of Mongoloid character. By religion, they are Sunni Muslims.
The origin is associated with the tribes of the Pechenegs (South Ural Bashkirs - Burzyans, Userganes), as well as Polovtsians (Kypchaks, Kanly) and Volga Bulgars (Bulyars). Their ancestors inhabited the region of the Urals, the Volga and the Urals. The Mongols and Tungus-Manchus influenced the formation of the people.
Indigenous peoples
The indigenous population of the country includes 48 peoples. They make up approximately 0.3% of the total population of the country. About 12 of them are small and number less than a thousand people.
Small peoples of Russia predominantly inhabit the northern regions of the state, the Far East and Siberia. They often carry on a traditional economy, engaging in reindeer husbandry, fishing, hunting and cattle breeding.
The largest indigenous people are the Nenets, they number almost 45 thousand people. They occupy the coastal zones of the Arctic Ocean and are divided into European and Asian. The people breed deer and live in tents - cone-shaped huts covered with birch bark and felt.
Kereks have the smallest population and are represented by only four people according to the census. Half a century ago there were about 100 of them. The main languages for them are Chukchi and Russian, their native Kerek remained as a traditional passive language. In terms of their way of life and culture, they are similar to the Chukchi people, therefore they were assimilated with them.
Conclusion
Russia stretches for many kilometers from west to east, affecting both the European and Asian parts of the continent. More than 190 peoples live on its vast territory. Russians are the most numerous and represent the titular nation of the country.
Other large peoples are Tatars, Ukrainians, Bashkirs, Chuvashs, Avars, etc. Small indigenous peoples live in the state. The majority of them do not exceed several thousand. The smallest are Kereks, Enets, Ults, Aleuts, they inhabit mainly the region of Siberia and the Far East.
More than a hundred nations and nationalities live on the territory of Russia. Each nation has its own features of material and spiritual culture, reflecting the specific natural-historical and socio-economic conditions of its development. All peoples of Russia - large and small - enjoy equal rights, and the most numerous, compactly living in certain territories, have their own statehood. The Russian Federation includes 89 subjects: 21 republics, 6 territories, 49 regions, 1 autonomous region, 10 autonomous districts, 2 federal cities - Moscow and St. Petersburg.
The largest nation in the country is the Russians. They make up more than 82.9% of the population of the Russian Federation. Russians stand out not only for their numbers, but also for their huge role in the history of our country, in rallying all the peoples inhabiting the Russian Federation and creating a single state. The Russian population prevails in all economic regions of Russia. It lives most compactly in areas Central Russia, as well as in Western and Eastern Siberia, on Far East, where it is 80 - 85% of the total population. Russians represent the largest group of Eastern Slavs. The Slavic language group also includes Belarusians inhabiting the western regions of Russia, and Ukrainians living mainly in the southern regions of the country, including the Krasnodar Territory.
In the Volga region, the Urals, the Kama region and Siberia, in addition to the Russians, the population is represented by the peoples inhabiting the sovereign republics and autonomous okrugs. The Uralic language family includes the peoples of the Finnish group (Karelians, Komi, Komi-Perm, Mordovians, Mari, Udmurts, a few Finns and Estonians living in the north-west of the European part of the country), the Ugric group is made up of the Khanty and Mansi, inhabiting the regions of the middle reaches of the Ob and Irtysh, the Samoyed group - the Nenets and Selkups - residents of the zone of the Far North of Russia.
In the Altai language family, there is a large and diverse Turkic language group (Tatars, Chuvash, Bashkirs, Nogais, Kumyks, Altai, Khakass, Shors, Tuvinians, Yakuts, Dolgans, Karachais, Balkars). The peoples speaking the languages of the Turkic group have a wide distribution area and a significant number of inhabitants. Thus, the number of Tatars is more than 5.5 million people, Chuvashes - 1.7 million people, Bashkirs - more than 1.3 million people, Yakuts - 380 thousand people.
The Mongolian language group includes Buryats, Kalmyks; in the Tungus-Manchu group - the Evenks and Evens, as well as the peoples living in the Amur region: Nanai, Ulchi, Udege, Orochi. Representatives of the Paleo-Asian group and the Eskimo-Aleutian family live on the coast of the Bering Sea, on Sakhalin and Kamchatka: the Chukchi, Koryaks, Itelmen, Yukaghirs, Nivkhs, Eskimos, Aleuts.
A very motley ethnic composition has North Caucasus... It is inhabited by peoples of the Caucasian language family belonging to different groups. The Adyghe-Abkhazian group includes Abkhazians, Kabardians, Circassians, Adyghes. The Chechen-Dagestan group is made up of Chechens, Ingush and the peoples of Dagestan: Avars, Lezgins, Dargins, Laks, etc. Ossetians belong to the Iranian group of the Indo-European family.
The languages of all peoples are equal, but the language of interethnic communication in the Russian Federation is Russian.
Taking into account national peculiarities is of great practical importance. Many aspects of demographic processes are associated with it - the rate of population reproduction, sex and age structure, family size, population mobility, and the nature of settlement. In the process of historical development, each people inhabiting the Russian Federation has developed typical economic methods for it, accumulated production skills. This largely explains the geographical differences in specialization and forms of economic management.
The ethnic composition largely determines the national-political division and administrative division of the Russian Federation, influences the territorial structure of the economy and the specialization of the country's economic regions.
The national policy of the state at the present stage should be aimed at improving the socio-economic situation of the population, leveling the standard of living in different regions, creating necessary conditions for the reproduction of the population, the all-round development of the national economy and culture of all the peoples of Russia.
1. Features of the national composition of Russia ……………………………………… 2
2. Short story settling in Russia ………………………………………………… .5
3. Placement of nations and nationalities in the regions of Russia …………………….… ..… 7
4. Problems associated with the development of nationalism that exist at the present stage in Russia ………………………………………………. ……. …… ..14
5. List of used literature ……………………………………………… 19
Features of the national composition of Russia
One of the main indicators characterizing the population is the total number and trends in its change.
The Russian population in our country is still the most numerous (about 116 million people) and makes up almost 80% of the total population. Compared to 1989, its share in the total population of the country decreased by 1.7 percentage points. This was mainly due to the natural loss, which amounted to almost 8 million people, which could not be compensated for by a little more than three million migration gain of Russians.
The second place in terms of population in the country is occupied by the Tatars, whose number is 5.56 million people (almost 4% of the country's population), the third place is occupied, oddly enough, by the Ukrainians, their number is approximately 2.9 million people.
Due to emigration and natural loss, the number of Jews (from 0.54 million to 0.23 million) and Germans (from 0.84 million to 0.60 million) decreased during the intercensal period.
Mainly due to the increase in migration, the number of Armenians (from 0.53 million to 1.13 million), Azerbaijanis (from 0.34 million to 0.62 million), Tajiks (from 0, 04 million people to 0.12 million people), Chinese (from 5 thousand people to 35 thousand people).
For the first time after the 1926 population census, the number of persons who identified themselves as Kryashens (about 25 thousand people) was obtained. Also, for the first time after the 1897 census, the number of persons who called themselves Cossacks (about 140 thousand people) and a number of small peoples of Dagestan was obtained.
The number of citizens of the Russian Federation amounted to 142.4 million people (98% of all residents of the country), 1.0 million people have citizenship of other states and 0.4 million people are stateless. Of the total number of citizens of the Russian Federation, 44 thousand people have dual citizenship. Approximately 1.3 million people did not indicate their citizenship.
The ethnic composition fully characterizes the ethnic structure of the population.
In terms of linguistic affiliation, the peoples of Russia belong to four linguistic families: Indo-European (89%) - Slavic, Germanic, Romance groups; Altai (6.8%) - Turkic, Mongolian groups; Caucasian (2.4%) - Abkhaz-Adyghe, Nakh-Dagestan groups; Ural (1.8%) - Finno-Ugric, Samoyed groups. Some small peoples (Kets, Nivkhs) do not belong to any of the existing language families and stand out as isolated. Fast pace urbanization, migration processes and the growth of interethnic marriages contributed to the assimilation and integration processes.
The primordially Russian regions in Russia are territories stretching from the European North, North-West to the central regions of Russia. The Russian population also predominates in the regions of the Urals, in the south of Siberia and the Far East. Russia as a whole is characterized by a variegated national composition in many regions.
In the Russian Federation, 32 constituent entities of the Federation are allocated according to the national principle (21 republics, 10 autonomous okrugs and 1 autonomous oblast). The total area of 32 national entities is 53% of the territory of Russia.
All national entities have a complex population. However, the share of the titular nation in some cases is relatively small. Only in 9 constituent entities of the Federation the share of the titular nation exceeds 50%, for example, in Ingushetia - 74.5, in Kabardino-Balkaria -57.6%, in North Ossetia-Alania -53.0%, etc. The lowest share of the titular nation is in the Khanty -Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug - 1.6%.
The processes of ethnic
assimilation. The objects of assimilation are small ethnic groups, peoples living in strong territorial mixing with other peoples, as well as national groups (often consisting of representatives of rather large and well-consolidated ethnic groups living separately), which are characterized by dispersed settlement. An important channel of the assimilation process in Russia is interethnic marriages, but there is also "out-of-family" assimilation.
Of the small peoples of Russia in the XX century. the Turkic-speaking Soyots were assimilated and merged with the Buryat people. The Yugs close to the Kets dissolved among the surrounding Russian population, the process of assimilation (linguistic and then ethnic) partially affected many other small peoples of Siberia and the Far East. Assimilation has also spread to representatives of many ethnic
communities, mainly concentrated outside Russia, and in it
most - dispersed. True, the rate of development of assimilation processes in different national groups living in Russia is different. The fastest merging with the Russians are representatives of two East Slavic peoples close to them in language and culture - Belarusians and Ukrainians. In 1989, 63% of Belarusians living in our country and 57% of Ukrainians considered Russian their native language.
People living in the Russian Federation are subject to fairly rapid assimilation
representatives of other Slavic peoples: Poles, Bulgarians, Czechs,
Serbs. All these ethnic groups live dispersedly in Russia, which facilitates the process of their assimilation. Representatives of other non-indigenous ethnic groups in Russia are assimilated
Russians to a much weaker degree. So, the Germans, despite
long-term residence in our country, and a high proportion of people who have moved
into Russian (58%), quite persistently retain their ethnic
self-awareness. The process of assimilation of Koreans proceeds even more slowly, which
impeded by the pronounced cultural specificity of this ethnic
community, as well as its anthropological isolation. Although Koreans have been living in Russia for a long time and most of them (63%) consider Russian their native language, they, like the Germans, preserve their ethnic identity well and show high intra-ethnic solidarity.
Representatives of the Turkic-speaking ethnic groups living in Russia, who make up the main population of several republics of the former USSR, are also showing ethnic resilience. ( Kazakhs, Azerbaijanis, Uzbeks), which is facilitated by their significant cultural specificity. The overwhelming majority of the representatives of these peoples retain their national language.
A Brief History of the Settlement of Russia
The history of settlement and land development, differences in the types of population reproduction, the vastness of the territory and the variety of natural conditions have led to a very uneven distribution of the population of Russia. In the European part (about 30% of the area) 78.5% of the population live, and in the Asian part - 21.5%. In addition, 93% of the population is concentrated in the zone of continuous settlement, or "the main zone of settlement" (the European part of Russia without the European North, the south of Siberia and the Far East), which occupies only 1/3 of the territory.
The average population density in Russia is 8.5 people. per 1 km 2, it is four times less than the world average. At the same time, the population density ranges from less than one person per 1m 2 in some regions of the Eastern macroregion to 354 people per 1 km2 in the Moscow region.
The main zone of settlement is very different from the rest of the country belonging to the North zone. The first is historically and economically developed in connection with the favorable natural and climatic conditions, the benefits of its geographical location; located here big number large cities and concentrated the majority of the population. The North Zone is a territory that has been developed relatively recently (“new development”), with focal settlement; it is home to only about 7% of the population.
Historical migrations of the Russian population to Siberia, the Urals, the North, and the Far East began in the 16th and 17th centuries. in connection with the development of new lands. The flow of immigrants to the eastern regions of Russia especially increased in the late 19th and 20th centuries. in connection with the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway. Historical migrations were about forced migrations of peoples: in 1937 Koreans were resettled from Primorsky Krai to Central Asia; in the 30s, Germans, Kalmyks, Chechens, Ingush, Crimean Tatars were deported to the eastern regions, to Siberia, Kazakhstan, and Central Asia. In the pre-war years, organized resettlement to the Urals, Siberia and the Far East, where mineral deposits were developed and factories were built. In the 50s, there was a massive development of huge tracts of land in Kazakhstan and Western Siberia... In connection with the collapse of the USSR and the aggravation of interethnic relations in a number of republics of the new abroad, the re-emigration of the Russian-speaking population from the republics of Central Asia and the Transcaucasia increased.
The most numerous and permanent migrations of the population in Russia in the 20th century. there were internal migrations of the population from rural areas to cities, from small towns to large ones.
At present, internal migrations account for 80% of the migration turnover of the Russian population. The determining direction of internal migration is the Center, the Volga region and the South of the country, which, as a result, led to a significant reduction in the population of the regions of the North, Siberia and the Far East.
In 23 subjects of the Federation, the population has increased over the past period. The largest growth was noted in the Republic of Dagestan - by 43%, Moscow - 17%, Krasnodar Krai - 11%, Belgorod and Kaliningrad regions - 10% each. The increase in the population was due to the natural increase and influx of migrants.
In economic geography and regional studies, the main issues in the study of the population are the reasons, patterns and features of the spatial and functional behavior of the population, depending on the trends of changes in the external environment.
Great and varied. In its vastness, nature, beautiful in its versatility, and other miracles already created by man. In addition, the territory of the largest country in the world has sheltered dozens of different peoples. This is the greatest wealth of an amazing hospitable state.
We know that many nationalities live in Russia - Russians, Udmurts, Ukrainians. And what other peoples live in Russia? Indeed, for centuries, small and little-known, but interesting nationalities with their own unique culture have been living in distant parts of the country.
National composition of the population of Russia
Let's stipulate right away that Russians make up approximately 80% of the total population. The full one would be very large. According to some reports, more than 200 different nationalities are registered. This information corresponds to 2010.
We will begin our acquaintance with the rest of the national composition of Russia with the most common ones. Large nationalities are those that are present on the territory of the state in an amount of more than 1 million.
Tatars
The ratio of the Tatar people among all others in the country is 3.8%. has its own language and regions of greatest distribution.
In addition, it includes several ethnic groups: Crimean Tatars, Volga-Ural, Siberian and Astrakhan. Most of them live in the Volga region.
Ukrainians
Let's continue our short excursion on the topic of what peoples live in Russia and move on to the Ukrainians. Their number in Russia is 2% of the total population. According to some historical information, the name of the nation comes from the word "outskirts", which served as the basis for the name of the country - Ukraine.
Ukrainians living on the territory of Russia continue to honor their traditions, celebrating holidays according to their customs, wearing folk clothes. The peculiarity of Ukrainian clothing is embroidery in a variety of colors. The main symbolic colors in the ornaments are red and black.
Bashkirs
The ratio of the Bashkir people to the entire population of the country is 1.2%. The territories where most of these people live are Altai, Tyumen, and other regions of Russia (Orenburg, Sverdlovsk, Kurgan and others).
Ethnologists to this day do not agree on where the name of the nationality came from and what it means. The most widespread interpretations are “the main wolf”, “separate people”, “brother-in-law of the Ugrians”. In the aggregate, there are about 40 different assumptions.
The culture of the Bashkirs is remarkable for their songs, fairy tales, ditties.
Chuvash
Next, let's talk about the Chuvashes, answering the question of what peoples live in Russia. The Chuvash people make up 1.1% of the population of Russia. Most Chuvashes live in Tatarstan, Samara and many other regions of the country, Krasnoyarsk Territory. And today their main occupation is handicraft, animal husbandry and agriculture.
The culture of the Chuvash is amazingly beautiful and interesting. They have their own developed ancient mythology. National clothes are extremely diverse, there are dozens of different cuts and color options.
Chechens
Chechens on the territory of Russia are about 0.9% of the total population. This is one of the harshest peoples in the country. Moreover, they are distinguished by their wit, they are characterized by courage and endurance.
The peculiarity of Chechen songs is a deep, incomparable longing for their home. In their poetry and songs, there are many motives of exile. Such poetry cannot be found in any other folklore.
You can see the similarity of the Chechen people with the Circassian and Lezghin. The explanation for this is simple: all three nationalities belong to a single Caucasian.
And we continue to reveal the most interesting question about what peoples live in Russia.
Armenians
Armenians make up 0.8% of the population of Russia. Their culture is very ancient. Its roots can be traced back to Greek culture. Their irrepressible cheerfulness and hospitality create a special flavor of this nation.
Armenian music appeared before our era. And today we know many world singers with Armenian roots. Among them are the French singer David Tukhmanov, Jivad Gasparyan and many others.
The clothes of Armenians are distinguished by luxury and pretentiousness. And children's costumes are simply irresistible, which is not seen in other nations.
We now know what peoples inhabit Russia, but that's not all. In the distant corners of the vast country, there are still peoples, which are not so many in number, but their culture is so diverse and interesting that we simply cannot help but remember them.
Small peoples
Russians know a lot about peoples, whose number exceeds 1 million. But there are also small peoples of Russia, which you may not even hear about in your entire life.
So, in the Volgo-Vyatka region for many centuries such nationalities as the Mari and Mordovians have lived. The server area is native to the Karelians, Komi, Sami, Nenets. Perm Komi and Udmurts live in the Urals. Kazakhs and Kalmyks settled in the Volga region long ago.
Western Siberia is the homeland for Selkups, Altai, Mansi, Khanty, Shors, Eastern - for Tuvinians, Buryats, Khakass, Dolgans, Evenks.
In the Far East, there are peoples such as the Yakuts, Koryaks, Evens, Udege, Nanai, Orochi and many other peoples, whose numbers are very small.
The peculiarity of small peoples is that they have preserved and still worship their ancient pagan beliefs. They are characterized by adherence to animism (animating objects of nature and animals) and shamanism (belief in shamans - people who speak with spirits).
How many peoples live in Russia in total?
In 2002, the Pan-European Data Collected also included information on the ethnicity of the populations of the countries. Then interesting information was received about what peoples live in Russia, and about their numbers.
The census figures in Russia showed that representatives of 160 different nationalities live in the country. This figure is simply huge in comparison with European countries. On average, people belonging to 9.5 nationalities live in them. Globally, Russia's performance is also high.
It is interesting that in 1989, when a similar census was carried out in Russia, a list of 129 nationalities was compiled. The reason for this difference in indicators, according to experts, is the possibility of self-determination as belonging to one or another nationality. This opportunity appeared in 1926. Earlier, various peoples of Russia considered themselves to be Russians, based on the geopolitical factor.
Dynamics in the ratio of nationalities
According to experts in demographic research, in last years the number of Ukrainians in Russia has decreased threefold. The Belarusians also became much smaller, as did the Mordovians.
The number of Armenians, Chechens, Azerbaijanis and Tajiks increased. Some of them were even included in the number of those over a million in Russia.
The dynamics in the ratio of nationalities are thought to be influenced by several factors. One of them is the decline in the birth rate, which affected the entire country. The other is emigration.
Jews left Russia. Russian Germans also emigrated from the country.
The positive dynamics is observed among the small indigenous peoples. On the contrary, their number has grown in recent decades. Thus, we see that the question of what peoples inhabit Russia is always relevant for study due to its dynamics.
Do only Russians live somewhere?
We learned that many different nationalities live in Russia, in addition to Russians. Many who have discovered for themselves may wonder if there is an area in which only Russians live.
The answer is unambiguous: there is no region with a completely homogeneous composition of the Russian population. Only the Central Region, the Central Black Earth Region, the North-West Region are close to this. All other territories of the country are full of different nationalities.
conclusions
In the article, we examined which peoples live on the territory of Russia, found out what they are called and where they are most common. We have seen once again how rich the country is not only in natural resources, but also in human resources, and this is many times more important.
In addition, we learned that the ethnic composition of the population of Russia is not completely static. It changes over the years under the influence of various factors (migration, the possibility of self-determination, etc.).
We hope that the article was interesting for you: it helped you make a mental journey through the vastness of Russia and introduced you to such different, but so hospitable and interesting inhabitants. Now we can without hesitation tell anyone who wants to, if he becomes interested in what peoples live in Russia.