How many Russians are there in China?

The total population of Russians in China is 16 136.

Russian is one of the 56 ethnic groups of the Chinese nation, belonging to the East Slavic branch of the Slavic family of Indo-European languages. Russians in China use Russian, and generally speak Russian, Chinese, Uygur, Kazakh and other languages. In society, Russians speak and use Chinese. At home, when communicating with their own people, they speak and use Russian.

Russians in China are descendants of Russian immigrants. After a hundred years of assimilation, their appearance, looks and customs are different from those of the Russian ethnic group in Russia, and gradually formed their own national characteristics.

Russians are scattered in Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang, Beijing and other places, mainly concentrated in the northwest of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the north of Heilongjiang Province and Ergun City under the jurisdiction of Hulunbeier City in the northeast of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. According to the statistical yearbook of China 202 1, the total population of Russians is 16 136, including 76 males15 and 852,656 females.

The ancestors of Russians first migrated from tsarist Russia in the early18th century. /kloc-In the late 8th century, due to the cruel rule of Russia, a large number of Russians moved to China, especially at the end of 19 and before and after the October Revolution in Russia, more Russians poured into northern Xinjiang and northeast China from Siberia and other places. After the October Revolution in Russia, some people fled the war and entered China.