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Russian population

The total population of Russians is 16 136, including 76 males and 852 females.

Russian is one of the 56 ethnic groups of the Chinese nation, and its language belongs 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.

It is called "Ricardo Roberto Barreto da Rocha" in the literature of Qing Dynasty, which is a transliteration of Russian ancestor Ross tribe.