Ethnic Russians in China
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| Ethnic Russians in China |
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| Total population |
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15,600 |
| Regions with significant populations |
| Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang and other cities |
| Languages |
| Chinese, Russian, Uyghur |
| Religions |
| Eastern Orthodox, others |
| Related ethnic groups |
| Russian people |
Ethnic Russians in China (Chinese:俄罗斯族) form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. They are the descendants of Russians who settled in China, and hold Chinese rather than Russian citizenship.
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[edit] History
The first Russians recorded to have settled in China were Orthodox priests who arrived in 1684; significant immigration began in 1897 with the construction of the China Far East Railway and increased after Russia's October Revolution. In the years after the establishment of the People's Republic of China, many Russians either emigrated to Australia or were repatriated to the Soviet Union; only a minority remained behind in China.
[edit] Prominent ethnic Russians in China
- Nikolai Lunev, deputy to the tenth Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
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