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Ethnic Russians in post-Soviet states

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70: 271: 367: 343: 247: 151: 127: 295: 415: 391: 319: 223: 175: 103: 199: 857: 59:, which restricted citizenship to their pre-World War II citizens and their offspring (regardless of ethnic group) upon restoration of their independence in continuity with their sovereign identities prior to June 1940. 38:
All former Soviet citizens had a time window within which they could transfer their former Soviet citizenship to Russian citizenship. Where they did not exercise that choice, their resulting citizenship status outside
1309: 666: 845: 694: 1147: 1219: 573: 1371: 803: 823: 1366: 815: 652: 20: 1314: 838: 910: 680: 561: 726: 1376: 640: 895: 831: 959: 532: 276: 698: 1163: 464:, there were estimated to be at most 150,000 ethnic Russians as of 2007, or under 2% of the population. In 1208: 985: 964: 954: 949: 944: 542: 527: 507: 502: 482: 372: 348: 252: 156: 132: 66:
announced a plan to introduce national policy aiming at encouraging ethnic Russian immigration to Russia.
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BUREAU OF NATIONAL STATISTICS AGENCY FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING AND REFORMS OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN
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the same year, the Russian population stood at some 800,000 people or under 4% of the country.
1299: 1173: 1168: 1131: 1126: 1114: 1094: 1061: 1041: 811: 1259: 1199: 1056: 1046: 861: 800: 712: 1104: 807: 617:"Permanent population by national and / or ethnic group, urban / rural place of residence" 598: 870: 777:"The Main Results of RA Census 2022 / Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia" 63: 1360: 616: 448: 461: 69: 681:"Statistical Yearbook of the Kyrgyz Republic - Statistics of the Kyrgyz Republic" 641:
https://www.belstat.gov.by/upload/iblock/b49/b49a6306ec95b5c2d851e897490581a3.pdf
1099: 776: 465: 801:" The Russian Minority in Central Asia: Migration, Politics, and Language" 1289: 727:"Rezultatele Recensământului Populației și al Locuințelor 2014 (RPL2014)" 695:"The results of census in Turkmenistan | Chronicles of Turkmenistan" 444: 26: 731:
Rezultatele Recensământului Populației și al Locuințelor 2014 (RPL2014)
52: 44: 856: 56: 40: 32: 875: 827: 810:, p.5. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 2008, 765:
https://unece.org/sites/default/files/2023-09/WS10RizoevENG.pdf
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Latvia: Ethnic Russians Divided On Moscow's Repatriation Scheme
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varied by state: from no perceivable change in status – as in
713:"Rodiklių duomenų bazė - Oficialiosios statistikos portalas" 447:(2011 census: 22,077 Russians or 9.1% of the population) or 667:"RV0222U: POPULATION BY SEX, ETHNIC NATIONALITY AND COUNTY" 451:(2007 estimate: 2,100 Russians or 3.0% of the population). 1323: 1232: 1187: 1156: 1140: 1087: 1080: 1024: 999: 973: 937: 909: 883: 868: 16:Ethnic Russians living in former Soviet states 839: 752:"National (ethnic) composition of population" 8: 1084: 880: 846: 832: 824: 76: 23:(USSR) in December 1991, about 25 million 68: 554: 1343:Ethnic Russians in post-Soviet states 73:Ethnic Russians in post-Soviet states 7: 47:– to becoming permanently resident " 31:found themselves living outside of 14: 855: 413: 389: 365: 341: 317: 293: 269: 245: 221: 197: 173: 149: 125: 101: 92: 87: 82: 79: 62:In June 2006 Russian President 21:dissolution of the Soviet Union 455: 438: 1: 576:. 2007-07-06. Archived from 1393: 1372:Russian diaspora in Europe 884:Central and Eastern Europe 1339: 733:(in Romanian). 2013-08-02 1367:Russian diaspora in Asia 533:Russians in Turkmenistan 543:Russians in Uzbekistan 528:Russians in Tajikistan 508:Russians in Kyrgyzstan 503:Russians in Kazakhstan 483:Russians in Azerbaijan 74: 518:Russians in Lithuania 72: 29:in post-Soviet states 1220:United Arab Emirates 799:Sebastien Peyrouse, 90:national population 538:Russians in Ukraine 523:Russians in Moldova 498:Russians in Georgia 493:Russians in Estonia 488:Russians in Belarus 478:Russians in Armenia 1377:Post-Soviet states 806:2013-12-06 at the 513:Russians in Latvia 75: 1354: 1353: 1228: 1227: 1020: 1019: 443:Does not include 435: 434: 1384: 1341:Related topics: 1085: 881: 862:Russian diaspora 860: 859: 848: 841: 834: 825: 818: 797: 791: 790: 788: 787: 773: 767: 762: 756: 755: 748: 742: 741: 739: 738: 723: 717: 716: 709: 703: 702: 697:. Archived from 691: 685: 684: 677: 671: 670: 663: 657: 656: 649: 643: 638: 632: 631: 629: 628: 613: 607: 606: 595: 589: 588: 586: 585: 570: 564: 559: 459: 442: 419: 417: 416: 395: 393: 392: 371: 369: 368: 347: 345: 344: 323: 321: 320: 299: 297: 296: 275: 273: 272: 251: 249: 248: 227: 225: 224: 203: 201: 200: 179: 177: 176: 155: 153: 152: 131: 129: 128: 107: 105: 104: 85:ethnic Russians 77: 1392: 1391: 1387: 1386: 1385: 1383: 1382: 1381: 1357: 1356: 1355: 1350: 1335: 1319: 1224: 1183: 1152: 1136: 1076: 1016: 995: 969: 933: 905: 873: 864: 854: 852: 822: 821: 808:Wayback Machine 798: 794: 785: 783: 775: 774: 770: 763: 759: 750: 749: 745: 736: 734: 725: 724: 720: 711: 710: 706: 693: 692: 688: 679: 678: 674: 665: 664: 660: 651: 650: 646: 639: 635: 626: 624: 615: 614: 610: 599:"2024 Estimate" 597: 596: 592: 583: 581: 572: 571: 567: 560: 556: 551: 474: 454: 437: 414: 412: 390: 388: 366: 364: 342: 340: 318: 316: 294: 292: 270: 268: 246: 244: 222: 220: 198: 196: 174: 172: 150: 148: 126: 124: 102: 100: 94: 89: 84: 17: 12: 11: 5: 1390: 1388: 1380: 1379: 1374: 1369: 1359: 1358: 1352: 1351: 1340: 1337: 1336: 1334: 1333: 1327: 1325: 1321: 1320: 1318: 1317: 1315:United Kingdom 1312: 1307: 1302: 1297: 1292: 1287: 1277: 1272: 1267: 1262: 1257: 1252: 1247: 1242: 1236: 1234: 1230: 1229: 1226: 1225: 1223: 1222: 1217: 1212: 1202: 1197: 1191: 1189: 1185: 1184: 1182: 1181: 1176: 1171: 1166: 1160: 1158: 1154: 1153: 1151: 1150: 1144: 1142: 1141:Southeast Asia 1138: 1137: 1135: 1134: 1129: 1124: 1119: 1118: 1117: 1112: 1107: 1102: 1091: 1089: 1082: 1078: 1077: 1075: 1074: 1069: 1064: 1059: 1054: 1049: 1044: 1039: 1034: 1028: 1026: 1022: 1021: 1018: 1017: 1015: 1014: 1009: 1003: 1001: 997: 996: 994: 993: 988: 983: 977: 975: 971: 970: 968: 967: 962: 957: 952: 947: 941: 939: 935: 934: 932: 931: 926: 921: 915: 913: 907: 906: 904: 903: 898: 893: 887: 885: 878: 871:Russian Empire 866: 865: 853: 851: 850: 843: 836: 828: 820: 819: 792: 781:www.armstat.am 768: 757: 743: 718: 704: 701:on 2016-10-06. 686: 672: 658: 644: 633: 608: 590: 565: 553: 552: 550: 547: 546: 545: 540: 535: 530: 525: 520: 515: 510: 505: 500: 495: 490: 485: 480: 473: 470: 433: 432: 429: 426: 423: 409: 408: 405: 402: 399: 385: 384: 381: 378: 375: 361: 360: 357: 354: 351: 337: 336: 333: 330: 327: 313: 312: 309: 306: 303: 289: 288: 285: 282: 279: 265: 264: 261: 258: 255: 241: 240: 237: 234: 231: 217: 216: 213: 210: 207: 193: 192: 189: 186: 183: 169: 168: 165: 162: 159: 145: 144: 141: 138: 135: 121: 120: 117: 114: 111: 97: 96: 95:(census data) 91: 86: 81: 64:Vladimir Putin 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 1389: 1378: 1375: 1373: 1370: 1368: 1365: 1364: 1362: 1348: 1344: 1338: 1332: 1329: 1328: 1326: 1322: 1316: 1313: 1311: 1308: 1306: 1303: 1301: 1298: 1296: 1293: 1291: 1288: 1285: 1281: 1278: 1276: 1273: 1271: 1268: 1266: 1263: 1261: 1258: 1256: 1253: 1251: 1248: 1246: 1243: 1241: 1238: 1237: 1235: 1231: 1221: 1218: 1216: 1213: 1210: 1206: 1203: 1201: 1198: 1196: 1193: 1192: 1190: 1186: 1180: 1177: 1175: 1172: 1170: 1167: 1165: 1162: 1161: 1159: 1155: 1149: 1146: 1145: 1143: 1139: 1133: 1130: 1128: 1125: 1123: 1120: 1116: 1113: 1111: 1108: 1106: 1103: 1101: 1098: 1097: 1096: 1093: 1092: 1090: 1086: 1083: 1079: 1073: 1070: 1068: 1065: 1063: 1062:United States 1060: 1058: 1055: 1053: 1050: 1048: 1045: 1043: 1040: 1038: 1035: 1033: 1030: 1029: 1027: 1023: 1013: 1010: 1008: 1005: 1004: 1002: 998: 992: 989: 987: 984: 982: 979: 978: 976: 972: 966: 963: 961: 958: 956: 953: 951: 948: 946: 943: 942: 940: 936: 930: 927: 925: 922: 920: 917: 916: 914: 912: 911:Baltic states 908: 902: 899: 897: 894: 892: 889: 888: 886: 882: 879: 877: 872: 867: 863: 858: 849: 844: 842: 837: 835: 830: 829: 826: 817: 813: 809: 805: 802: 796: 793: 782: 778: 772: 769: 766: 761: 758: 753: 747: 744: 732: 728: 722: 719: 714: 708: 705: 700: 696: 690: 687: 682: 676: 673: 668: 662: 659: 654: 648: 645: 642: 637: 634: 622: 618: 612: 609: 604: 600: 594: 591: 580:on 2007-07-06 579: 575: 569: 566: 563: 558: 555: 548: 544: 541: 539: 536: 534: 531: 529: 526: 524: 521: 519: 516: 514: 511: 509: 506: 504: 501: 499: 496: 494: 491: 489: 486: 484: 481: 479: 476: 475: 471: 469: 467: 463: 458: 457: 452: 450: 449:South Ossetia 446: 441: 440: 430: 427: 424: 422: 411: 410: 406: 403: 400: 398: 387: 386: 382: 379: 376: 374: 363: 362: 358: 355: 352: 350: 339: 338: 334: 331: 328: 326: 315: 314: 310: 307: 304: 302: 291: 290: 286: 283: 280: 278: 267: 266: 262: 259: 256: 254: 243: 242: 238: 235: 232: 230: 219: 218: 214: 211: 208: 206: 195: 194: 190: 187: 184: 182: 171: 170: 166: 163: 160: 158: 147: 146: 142: 139: 136: 134: 123: 122: 118: 115: 112: 110: 99: 98: 78: 71: 67: 65: 60: 58: 54: 50: 46: 42: 36: 34: 30: 28: 22: 1347:White émigré 1342: 1209:Russian Jews 1000:Other states 960:Turkmenistan 938:Central Asia 816:193-35493-27 795: 784:. 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Index

dissolution of the Soviet Union
Russians
Russia
Russia
Belarus
non-citizens
Estonia
Latvia
Vladimir Putin
Map showing Ethnic Russians in post-Soviet states
Ukraine
Kazakhstan
Uzbekistan
Belarus
Latvia
Estonia
Kyrgyzstan
Turkmenistan
Lithuania
Moldova
Azerbaijan
Tajikistan
Georgia
Armenia

Abkhazia
South Ossetia

Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan

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