Brief introduction of Russian nationality

Russian is one of the 56 ethnic groups of the Chinese nation, belonging to the East Slavic branch of the Slavic family of Indo-European languages. Russians in China use Russian, and generally speak Russian, Chinese, Uygur, Kazakh and other languages. In society, Russians speak and use Chinese. At home, when communicating with their own people, they speak and use Russian.

Russians in China are descendants of ancient Russian immigrants. After a hundred years of assimilation, their appearance, looks and customs are completely different from those of Russians in Russia. And gradually formed its own national characteristics.

Russians are scattered in Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang, Beijing and other places, mainly concentrated in the northwest of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the north of Heilongjiang Province and Ergun City under the jurisdiction of Hulunbeier City in the northeast of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. According to the statistics of the sixth national census in 20 10, the total population of Russians in China is 15393.

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custom

1, Festival

The main festivals in Russia are Christmas and Easter. Christmas is the Gregorian calendar (1.7). At that time, every family will decorate the Christmas tree, enjoy rich food, and Santa Claus will play the role of distributing gifts, singing and dancing to celebrate Christmas Eve. Easter is in April every year, and the fasting period is 49 days before the festival, and the first day of the festival is Easter.

In addition, there are "Good News Festival" (which is held in early March every year) and "Adult Festival" (which is held in June-July every year), and national festivals such as New Year's Day, Spring Festival and National Day are also celebrated.

2. Family

Russian families are monogamous. Father is in charge of the family economy. When the children grow up and get married, they will set up another door and live independently. Children born of intermarriage with Han nationality generally have the names of Han nationality and Russian nationality.

Russian family relations, the status of husband and wife relatively equal, respect for women, respect for the elderly and love for the young, family harmony, in the family, the elderly have supreme authority, children and parents have a harmonious relationship. Marriage is relatively stable, with few divorces.

3. Funeral

Russians were buried underground and funerals were held in cemeteries. Male relatives and friends of the deceased carried the coffin to the cemetery, opened the coffin, and relatives and friends said their final farewell to the deceased. The priest read the relevant Bible and prayed for the dead.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Russians