How many nationalities are there in Russia?

Russia has a population of 194 nationalities. In addition to the Russian ethnic group, there are 193 ethnic minorities in China. The main ethnic minorities are Moldova, Belarus, Avar, Udmurt, Mali, Germany, Kabardino, Ossetians, Darkhin, Jews, Buryats, Yakutia, Kumek, Ingushetia, Lezjins and Komi.

1, Ossetian

Ossetians mainly live in the Ossetian region of the North Caucasus, which is divided into Russia's North Ossetia-Alain Republic and Georgia's de facto independent South Ossetia Republic. Ossetians use Ossetian (belonging to Indo-European Iranian language family), most of whom believe in Orthodox Church and a few believe in Islam.

2. Black people

Darkin: дарганти, Russian: даргинцы) is a nation in the northeast Caucasus. Mother tongue Dakin belongs to Caucasian language family.

3. Buryats

Buryats are Mongolians distributed in Russia, Mongolia and China. Buryat is divided into two dialects, East and West, belonging to Altai Mongolian language family. /kloc-used ancient Mongolian in the 0/8th century, 193 1 created a new phonetic symbol based on Latin alphabet, and 1938 used Slavic alphabet.

4. Yakut

Russian ethnic minorities are mainly distributed in Yakutia, and some of them are scattered in Ewenki and Termel ethnic areas in the north of Krasnoyarsk, as well as in Magadan, Sakhalin and Heilongjiang river basins.

5. Azerbaijani

Mainly distributed in Azerbaijan and northwest Iran, from the Caucasus to the Iranian plateau, such as Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Georgia, Iran and Afghanistan. , but also sporadic distribution. The vast majority of Azerbaijanis believe in Islamic Shiites, and their cultural traditions have integrated many peripheral elements such as Iran, Caucasian nations and Turks.

Extended data:

1, Russia * * * has 194 ethnic groups, of which Russians account for 77.7%. Russia has one of the fastest population decline countries in the world. The preliminary results of the census show that from 2002 to 20 10, the population of Russia dropped to 654.38+429 million, a decrease of 2.3 million people, or nearly 1.6%, compared with 654.38+452 million in 2002.

2. Since 199 1 the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the population situation in Russia has been deteriorating, from 1993 to14.86 million. And it is decreasing at the rate of 700,000 people per year. By 2030, the population of Russia will decrease.

3. The gender ratio in Russian society is unbalanced. 1989, 2002, 20 10, the results of the three national censuses in Russia show that the ratio of male to female in Russia is 1000: 1 140,1000:/kloc-0, respectively.

4. The population distribution in Russia is extremely uneven, with an average of 52-77 people per square kilometer in developed areas in the west, reaching 26 1 in some places and less than 1 in the tundra in the northeast. The ethnic composition in the Caucasus is the most complex, with about 40 ethnic groups living here. Most residents believe in the Orthodox Church, followed by Islam.

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