
GRUPOS ÉTNICOS DA RÚSSIA
The Russian Federation is home to as many as 160 different ethnic groups and indigenous peoples . As of the 2002 census, 79.83% of the population (115,889,107 people) is ethnically Russian , followed by (groups larger than one million):
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3.83 % Tatars (5,554,601)
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2.03% Ukrainians (2,942,961)
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1.15% Bashkirs (1,673,389)
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1.13% Chuvashs (1,637,094)
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0.94% Chechens (1,360,253)
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0.78% Armenians (1,130,491)
Most smaller groups live compactly in their respective regions and can be categorized by language group The ethnic divisions used here are those of the official census, and may in some respects be controversial. The following lists all ethnicites resolved by the 2002 census, grouped by language:
Some 1.6% of the population are ethnicities not native to the Russian territory. The census has an additional group of 'other' ethnicities of 42,980 (0.03%).
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