Peoples of russia.
Russian people are East Slavic ethnic group native of Russia, speak in Russian, and mostly live in Russia and neighboring countries. They are the most numerous indigenous people of Russia (more than 80% of the population, according to 2010 census), and the most numerous people in Europe.
Origin.
Modern Peoples of Russia is formed from two groups, North and South, which were composed of Krivichians, Ilmenskih Slavs Radimichians, Vityachey and Northerners - East Slavic tribes. Genetic studies show that modern Russians do not differ from the Poles, Slovenes and Ukrainians. Some ethnographers, such as Zelenin claim that Russian is more similar to the Belarusians and Ukrainians. Russian in the north of the European part of Russia are genetically similar representatives of the Uralic peoples, who lived in the north-central part of the modern European part of Russia and were partly assimilated by the Slavs, when the Slavs migrated to the north-east.
The population.
Russian are the most numerous ethnic group in Europe and one of the largest in the world, with a population of about 140 million people worldwide. Roughly 116 million ethnic Russian living in Russia and about 16 million more live in neighboring countries. A significant number of Russians, about 4.6 million. People live in other countries around the world, mostly in North and South America and Western Europe, as well as elsewhere in Eastern Europe, Asia, etc.
Culture.
Russian culture is extremely diverse and unique in many aspects. It has a rich history and can boast a long tradition of excellence in all fields of art, especially literature and philosophy, classical music and ballet, architecture and painting, which had a significant impact on world culture.
Russian literature is famous for well-known writers like Alexander Pushkin, Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Anton Chekhov, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Boris Pasternak, Anna Akhmatova, Joseph Brodsky, Maxim Gorky, Vladimir Nabokov, Mikhail Sholokhov, Mikhail Bulgakov, Andrei Platonov, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Varlam Shalamov.
Russian also gave the world many famous composers including Pyotr Tchaikovsky and his contemporaries, Modest Mussorgsky and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. In the 20th century Russian music was enriched with works by composers such as Dmitri Shostakovich, Sergei Prokofiev, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Igor Stravinsky, Georgy Sviridov and Alfred Schnittke. Many other famous Russian people connected with various aspects of Russian culture.
Religion.
About 63% of Russia's population identify themselves as Orthodox, most of whom belong to the Russian Orthodox Church, which has played an important role in the development of Russian national identity. In other countries Russian faithful usually belong to local Orthodox community, which are directly derived from the Russian Orthodox Church.
Russian people are East Slavic ethnic group native of Russia, speak in Russian, and mostly live in Russia and neighboring countries. They are the most numerous indigenous people of Russia (more than 80% of the population, according to 2010 census), and the most numerous people in Europe.
Origin.
Modern Peoples of Russia is formed from two groups, North and South, which were composed of Krivichians, Ilmenskih Slavs Radimichians, Vityachey and Northerners - East Slavic tribes. Genetic studies show that modern Russians do not differ from the Poles, Slovenes and Ukrainians. Some ethnographers, such as Zelenin claim that Russian is more similar to the Belarusians and Ukrainians. Russian in the north of the European part of Russia are genetically similar representatives of the Uralic peoples, who lived in the north-central part of the modern European part of Russia and were partly assimilated by the Slavs, when the Slavs migrated to the north-east.
The population.
Russian are the most numerous ethnic group in Europe and one of the largest in the world, with a population of about 140 million people worldwide. Roughly 116 million ethnic Russian living in Russia and about 16 million more live in neighboring countries. A significant number of Russians, about 4.6 million. People live in other countries around the world, mostly in North and South America and Western Europe, as well as elsewhere in Eastern Europe, Asia, etc.
Culture.
Russian culture is extremely diverse and unique in many aspects. It has a rich history and can boast a long tradition of excellence in all fields of art, especially literature and philosophy, classical music and ballet, architecture and painting, which had a significant impact on world culture.
Russian literature is famous for well-known writers like Alexander Pushkin, Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Anton Chekhov, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Boris Pasternak, Anna Akhmatova, Joseph Brodsky, Maxim Gorky, Vladimir Nabokov, Mikhail Sholokhov, Mikhail Bulgakov, Andrei Platonov, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Varlam Shalamov.
Russian also gave the world many famous composers including Pyotr Tchaikovsky and his contemporaries, Modest Mussorgsky and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. In the 20th century Russian music was enriched with works by composers such as Dmitri Shostakovich, Sergei Prokofiev, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Igor Stravinsky, Georgy Sviridov and Alfred Schnittke. Many other famous Russian people connected with various aspects of Russian culture.
Religion.
About 63% of Russia's population identify themselves as Orthodox, most of whom belong to the Russian Orthodox Church, which has played an important role in the development of Russian national identity. In other countries Russian faithful usually belong to local Orthodox community, which are directly derived from the Russian Orthodox Church.