The Russian people (???????, russkiye) are an ethnic group of the East Slavic (East Slavs) peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries.
The English (English language) term Russians is used to refer to the citizens of Russia, regardless of their ethnicity (see demographics of Russia for information on other ethnic groups inhabiting Russia); in Russian (Russian language), the demonym Russian is translated as rossiyanin (?????????, plural rossiyane), while the ethnic Russians, are referred to as russkiye (sg. ???????, russkiy). According to the 2002 census, ethnic Russians make up about 80% of the population of Russia
Group: Russians (???????/Russkiye)
Poptime: 140 million (est.)popplace=flagRussia: 115,889,107
Region1: flagUkraine
Pop1: 8,334,000
Region2: flagKazakhstan
Pop2: 3,962,100
Region3: flagUnited States,(Russian ancestry)
Pop3: 3,152,959,
Region4: flagBelarus
Pop4: 1,142,000
Region5: flagLatvia
Pop5: 621,766
Region6: flagUzbekistan
Pop6: 620,000
Region7: flagCanada,(Russian ancestry)
Pop7: 500,600
Region8: flagKyrgyzstan
Pop8: 439,860
Region9: flagMoldova
Pop9: 369,488
Region10: flag Estonia
Pop10: 331,000
Region11: flagTurkmenistan
Pop11: 314,000
Region12: flagUnited Kingdom
Pop12: 300,000
Region13: flagLithuania
Pop13: 219,789
Region14: flagBrazil,(Russian ancestry)
Pop14: 200,000C�mara de Com�rcio Brasil-R�ssia
Region15: flagItaly
Pop15: 199,600
Region16: flagGermany
Pop16: 187,835
Region17: flagAzerbaijan
Pop17: 144,000
Region18: flagArgentina,(immigrants between 1880 and 1950 )
Pop18: 114,303
Region19: flagChile
Pop19: 70,000
Region20: flagTajikistan
Pop20: 68,200
Region21: flagGeorgia
Pop21: 67,671
Region22: flagUnited Arab Emirates
Pop22: 58,000
Region23: flagAustralia
Pop23: 56,600Cr�ditos
Region25: flagSpain
Pop25: 42,585
Region26: flagRomania (Lipovans)
Pop26: 36,397
Region27: flagFrance
Pop27: 15,601
Region28: flagFinland
Pop28: 15,600
Region29: flagBulgaria
Pop29: 15,595
Region30: flagArmenia
Pop30: 14,660
Region31: flagChina
Pop31: 13,500
Region32: flagSweden
Pop32: 8,900
Region33: flagMongolia
Pop33: 4,100
Region34: flagSouth Africa
Pop34: 1,300
Langs: Russian (Russian language), many also speak some of the other languages of Russia
Rels: Predominantly Eastern Orthodox (Orthodox Church), Minority other Christian Denominations
Related: Other Slavic peoples, especially East Slavs (Belarusians, Ukrainians, Rusyns) , Norse (Northern Germanic) (Viking) peoples: Norwegians, Danes, Swedish (Swedish people)fact