Russian people facts and features

Russian people overview

Russian people (also spelled Russkiye) are East Slavic people ethnic group. Most of the Russians are living in Russian Federation and neighboring countries like Ukraine, Byelorussia and Kazakhstan.

Also it should be mentioned that “Russians” as English term refers to all citizens of Russian Federation regardless of their nationality (in Russian language the citizen of the country is known as Rossiyanin, plural Rossiyane). About 80% of the population of the country are ethnic Russians.

Russian People

Russian People latest news and posts from our blog:

26 February, 2010 / Slow Snow - The music video about Moscow city snowfall.

15 February, 2010 / Russia before the revolutions of 1917 video.

8 February, 2010 / Jumping into snow from 5-storey roof video.

3 January, 2010 / Russian banya on the wheels photos.

2 January, 2010 / The sceneries of living in Russian provinces.

Russian people facts

Russians ethnic group is the largest in Europe and among the largest in the world consisting of about 140 million people (about 100 million in Russian Federation, 17 million in neighboring countries, 3 million in Western Europe and Americas, others in Eastern Europe, Asia and other regions of the planet).

Russian language (Indo-European family of languages) is the most popular language among all Slavic languages. Russian is one of the official languages of United Nations.