How the Russian ethnic group in China was formed

China’s Russian ancestors first immigrated from Tsarist Russia in the early 18th century. In the late 18th century, because they could not bear the brutal rule of Tsarist Russia, a large number of Russians moved to China, especially in the late 19th and 19th centuries. Before and after the Russian October Revolution, more Russians poured into northern Xinjiang and Northeast my country from Siberia and other places. After the Russian October Revolution, some people entered China to escape the war.

At that time, they were called the "Guihua ethnic group", and the villages where they lived were called "Guihua villages." After the founding of the People's Republic of China, they were changed to the Russian ethnic group and were recognized as an ethnic minority in China.