How many ethnic groups are there in Russia?

Russia has a **** of 194 ethnic groups. In addition to the main ethnic group Russians, there are 193 ethnic minorities in the country, the main minorities are Moldovans, Belarusians, Avars, Udmurtans, Malians, Germans, Kabardians, Ossetians, Dalkins, Jews, Buryats, Yakuts, Kumyks, Ingush, Lezgins, Komis, and Tuvans.

1. Ossetians

The Ossetians live mainly in the Ossetian region of the North Caucasus, which is divided into the Russian state of North Ossetia-Alania*** and the de facto independent state of South Ossetia*** and Georgia. The Ossetian people speak the Ossetian language (which belongs to the Iranian group of Indo-European languages), and the majority are of the Orthodox faith, with a small minority practicing Islam.

2. Dalkins

The Dalkins (Dalkin: Дарганти, Russian: Даргинцы) are an ethnic group of the Northeast Caucasus region, mainly located in the territory of the Russian Federation in Dagestan*** and the country, according to the 2002 census, the population of about 510,000 people. The language of the people, Dalkin, belongs to the Caucasian language family.

3. Buryats

The Buryats are a Mongolian ethnic group distributed in Russia, Mongolia and some parts of China, and use the Buryat language, which is divided into two major dialects, belonging to the Mongolian group of the Altaic family.

The Buryats have been using the old Mongolian language since the 18th century, and created a new phonetic script based on the Latin alphabet in 1931, and then switched to Slavic script in 1938.

4, Yakuts

Russian minority, mainly in Yakutia*** and the country, part of the diaspora in the northern Krasnoyarsk Evangelical and Temer ethnic area, as well as the Magadan, the Kuril Islands, Heilongjiang Valley.

5, Azerbaijanis

Mainly distributed in Azerbaijan and northwestern Iran, from the Caucasus to the Iranian Plateau around the country, such as Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Georgia **** and the country, Iran, Afghanistan, and so on, but also sporadic distribution. The vast majority of Azerbaijanis adhere to Shiite Islam, and their cultural traditions are a blend of Iranian, Caucasian and Turkic elements.

Extended information:

1. Russia*** has 194 nationalities , of which ethnic Russians make up 77.7%. Russia is one of the fastest depopulating countries in the world. Preliminary results of the census show that between 2002 and 2010 the population of Russia fell to 142.9 million, compared with 145.2 million in 2002, a decrease of 2.3 million people, or nearly 1.6%.

2. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the demographic situation in Russia has continued to deteriorate, from 148.6 million in 1993 to 142.5 million in 1996, with an annual decline of 700,000 people, and by 2030, the population of Russia will have fallen to 139 million.

3. The sex ratio of men and women in Russian society is out of whack; the results of the three all-Russian censuses in 1989, 2002, and 2010 show that the ratio of men to women in Russia is 1,000:1,140, 1,000:1,147, and 1,000:1,163, respectively.

4. The distribution of the population in Russia is extremely uneven, with an average of 52-77 people per square kilometer in the developed western regions, and as high as 1,000 per square kilometer in some places. 52-77 people, up to 261 in individual places, and less than one person in the northeastern tundra zone. The Caucasus has the most complex ethnic composition, with about 40 nationalities living here. The inhabitants mostly practice Orthodox Christianity, followed by Islam.

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