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Ethnic Russians in post-Soviet states

{{Short description|Ethnic Russians living in former Soviet states}}

After the dissolution of the Soviet Union (USSR) in December 1991, about 25 million ethnic Russians in post-Soviet states found themselves living outside of Russia. However, this number declined to less than 6 million today, excluding Ukraine in which ethnic Russian population is hard to estimate due to lack of a recent census.

All former Soviet citizens had a time window within which they could transfer their former Soviet citizenship to Russian citizenship.{{citation needed|date=March 2016}} Where they did not exercise that choice, their resulting citizenship status outside Russia varied by state: from no perceivable change in status – as in Belarus – to becoming permanently resident "non-citizens" – as in Estonia and Latvia, which restricted citizenship to their pre-World War II citizens and their offspring (regardless of ethnic group) upon restoration of their independence in continuity with their sovereign identities prior to June 1940.

In June 2006 Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a plan to introduce national policy aiming at encouraging ethnic Russian immigration to Russia.[http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/08/36c8af92-fc2a-4225-85c5-92ddbe052824.html Latvia: Ethnic Russians Divided On Moscow's Repatriation Scheme]

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bgcolor=#99CCFF |Country

! bgcolor=#99CCFF |Number of
ethnic Russians

! bgcolor=#99CCFF |Percent of
national population

! bgcolor=#99CCFF |As of
(census data)

{{Flagu|Ukraine|name=Ukraine}}8,334,14117.32001{{Cite web |date=2007-07-06 |title=2001 {{!}} English version {{!}} Results {{!}} General results of the census {{!}} National composition of population |url=http://www.ukrcensus.gov.ua/eng/results/general/nationality/ |access-date=2024-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070706003257/http://www.ukrcensus.gov.ua/eng/results/general/nationality/ |archive-date=2007-07-06 }}
{{Flagu|Kazakhstan|name=Kazakhstan}}2,963,93814.62025https://stat.gov.kz/api/iblock/element/336996/file/en/
{{Flagu|Uzbekistan|name=Uzbekistan}}720,3242.12021{{Cite web |title=Permanent population by national and / or ethnic group, urban / rural place of residence |url=https://data.egov.uz/data/6117a05996188a0f14ac917b |access-date=2024-02-24 |website=data.egov.uz |language=ru}}
{{Flagu|Belarus|name=Belarus}}706,9927.52019https://www.belstat.gov.by/upload/iblock/b49/b49a6306ec95b5c2d851e897490581a3.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2024}}
{{Flagu|Latvia|name=Latvia}}437,58723.42024{{Cite web |title=Population by ethnicity at the beginning of year 1935 - 2024 |url=https://data.stat.gov.lv/pxweb/en/OSP_PUB/START__POP__IR__IRE/IRE010/table/tableViewLayout1/ |language=en}}
{{Flagu|Estonia|name=Estonia}}285,81920.92025{{Cite web |title=RV0222U: POPULATION, 1 JANUARY by Year, Sex, County and Ethnic nationality |url=https://andmed.stat.ee/en/stat/rahvastik__rahvastikunaitajad-ja-koosseis__rahvaarv-ja-rahvastiku-koosseis/RV067 |language=en}}
{{Flagu|Kyrgyzstan|name=Kyrgyzstan}}274,9403.82024{{Cite web |title=Statistical Yearbook of the Kyrgyz Republic - Statistics of the Kyrgyz Republic |url=https://www.stat.gov.kg/ru/publications/kratkij-statisticheskij-spravochnik-kyrgyzstan/ }}
{{Flagu|Lithuania|name=Lithuania}}144,2955.02024{{Cite web |title=Rodiklių duomenų bazė - Oficialiosios statistikos portalas |url=https://osp.stat.gov.lt/en/statistiniu-rodikliu-analize#/}}
{{Flagu|Turkmenistan|name=Turkmenistan}}114,4471.62022{{Cite web |title=State Committee of Turkmenistan on Statistics |url=https://www.stat.gov.tm/en/population-census |access-date=2025-02-09 |website=www.stat.gov.tm}}
{{Flagu|Moldova|name=Moldova}}*75,3003.22024{{Cite web |date=2025-02-11 |title=Population and Housing Census |url=https://statistica.gov.md/en/statistic_indicator_details/56#infographics |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=Population and Housing Census |language=en}}
{{Flagu|Azerbaijan|name=Azerbaijan}}71,0000.72019{{Cite web |title=National (ethnic) composition of population |url=https://www.stat.gov.az/source/demoqraphy/en/001_11-12en.xls}}
{{Flagu|Tajikistan|name=Tajikistan}}29,0000.32020https://unece.org/sites/default/files/2023-09/WS10RizoevENG.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2024}}
{{Flagu|Georgia|name=Georgia}}**26,5860.72014{{Cite web |last=Circle |title=2014 General Population Census Results - National Statistics Office of Georgia |url=https://www.geostat.ge/en/modules/categories/737/2014-general-population-census-results |access-date=2025-02-15 |website=www.geostat.ge |language=en}}
{{Flagu|Armenia|name=Armenia}}14,0740.52022{{Cite web |title=The Main Results of RA Census 2022 / Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia |url=https://www.armstat.am/en/?nid=82&id=2623 |access-date=2024-02-24 |website=www.armstat.am}}

*Does not include Transnistria (2015 census: 138,072 Russians or 29.1% of the population){{Cite web |title=Ethnic composition of Transnistria 2015 |url=http://pop-stat.mashke.org/pmr-ethnic2015.htm |access-date=2025-02-15 |website=pop-stat.mashke.org}}

**Does not include Abkhazia (2021 census: 22,303 Russians or 9.1% of the population){{Cite web |title=Руководство |url=https://cgsra.org/statistics/185/ |access-date=2025-02-14 |website=cgsra.org}} or South Ossetia (2015 census: 610 Russians or 1.1% of the population){{Cite web |title=Ethnic composition of Ossetia 2015 |url=http://pop-stat.mashke.org/rso-ethnic2015.htm |access-date=2025-02-14 |website=pop-stat.mashke.org}}

==See also==

References

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{{Russian diaspora}}

Category:Russian diaspora in Asia

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Category:Post-Soviet states