Are there Russians among the 56 ethnic groups in China?

There are Russians.

Russian is one of the fifty-six ethnic groups of the Chinese nation. Its language belongs to the East Slavic branch of the Slavic family of the Indo-European language family. The Russians in China use Russian, and generally speak Russian, Chinese, Uyghur, Kazakh and other languages. In society, the Russians speak Chinese and use Chinese. At home, they speak Russian and use Russian when interacting with other ethnic groups. arts.

The Russians in China are the descendants of ancient Russian immigrants. After a hundred years of assimilation, their appearance, appearance, customs and habits are completely different from the Russians in Russia. And gradually formed its own national characteristics.

Russians live scattered in Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang, Beijing and other places. They mainly live in Ergun City under the jurisdiction of Hulunbuir City in the northwest of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, northern Heilongjiang and the northeastern Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. .

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Russians in China mainly immigrated from Russia. As early as the first year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1644), some Tsarist Russian soldiers who invaded my country's Heilongjiang region were captured and surrendered. They were sent to Beijing by the Qing government and incorporated into the Eight Banners. Later, in the seventh year of Shunzhi (1650), the seventh year of Kangxi (1668), and between the 22nd and 24th years of Kangxi (1683-1685), more than a hundred Russian soldiers followed the army from North Yaksa, Heilongjiang. The border town moved to Beijing. There are about 200 Russians with the surnames Luo, He, Yao, Tian and He in Beijing today, who are their descendants.

Around the 18th century, some Russian fleeing soldiers, farmers and missionaries who made a living moved into northern Xinjiang, my country. After the Opium War, as Tsarist Russia invaded China, settlements were established in northern Xinjiang and northern Heilongjiang, and a large number of Russian farmers moved into China. Tsarist Russia used various unequal treaties to set up consulates and trading circles in Ili, Tacheng, Urumqi and other places in Xinjiang, and many Russian businessmen and craftsmen moved there.

After the October Revolution, most of these Russian farmers, businessmen and craftsmen became Chinese nationals. During the October Revolution, Tsarist Russian soldiers who flowed into Xinjiang were placed in Ili, Tacheng, Altay and Urumqi. From 1932 to 1938, many overseas Chinese who settled in the Far East of the Soviet Union were forcibly sent back to their countries. Most of these overseas Chinese brought their Russian wives into Xinjiang.

In addition, there are also a small number of Russians in the areas bordering Russia in Ergun Left Banner and Ergun Right Banner in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Most of the residents of this generation were Shandong people who traveled to the Guandong region. They were either panning for gold, logging, or farming. Later, they gradually intermarried with the Russians on the other side of the Ergun River. Today, most of the Russians in the Ergun River Basin are their descendants1.

Before the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the Russians had repeatedly made military exploits in eliminating war in Xinjiang and maintaining social stability in Xinjiang. In 1931, he was recruited by the Xinjiang Provincial Government to form the Russian "naturalized army". At its maximum number, there were three regiments, which played an important role in defeating the troops of Gansu warlord Ma Zhongying. In 1933, the naturalized army, together with various ethnic groups in Xinjiang, promoted the "April 12" coup in Urumqi, overthrowing the reactionary rule of the Jin Shuren warlord government in Xinjiang.

From 1944 to 1949, ethnic Russians played an important role in the revolutionary military struggle in the three districts of Xinjiang. Russian officers with rich military knowledge and combat experience have entered commander positions at all levels. Many Russians have been appointed as battalion, company, and platoon-level commanders, and some have served as important leaders in the Military Department and the Interior Department of the three district governments. He even sacrificed his precious life for the revolutionary struggle.

Central Government Portal-Russian

Baidu Encyclopedia-Russian