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Russians

Ethnic group

Group	Russians (Русские/Russkiye)
Population date	c. 150 million\|popplace=Russia: 115,889,107
Significant populations	Russia: 115,889,107
Ukraine	8334100
Kazakhstan	3793764
United States (Russian ancestry)	3163084
Belarus	785084
Uzbekistan	620000
Latvia	606972
Canada (Russian ancestry)	500600
Kyrgyzstan	419600
Moldova	369488
Estonia	342000
Brazil (Russian ancestry)	200000
Germany	189326
Lithuania	174900
Turkmenistan	142000
Azerbaijan	141687
Argentina (immigrants between 1895 and 1946 )	114303
Tajikistan	68200
Georgia	67671
Spain	42585
Romania (Lipovans)	36397
Finland	33401
United Kingdom	32000
Czech Republic	31941
Italy	25786
Australia	21436
Greece	18219
China	15631
France	15601
Bulgaria	15595
Armenia	14660

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The Russian people ( , russkiye) are an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries.

The English term Russians is also used to refer to the citizens of Russia, regardless of their ethnicity; the demonym Russian is translated into Russian as rossiyanin (россиянин, plural rossiyane), while the ethnic Russians are referred to as russkiye (sg. русский, russkiy).

According to the 2002 census, ethnic Russians make up about 80% of the population of Russia.

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