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Ethnic Diversity in Russia

Ethnic Diversity in Russia. By Shawna Daley. Tsar Nicholas II (1894 – 1917). A lot of ethnic diversity Home of 150 million people ½ were ethnic Russians. Joseph Stalin. 1940 4,000 of Polish people were killed Banned religions. Ethnic cleansing

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Ethnic Diversity in Russia

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  1. Ethnic Diversity in Russia By Shawna Daley

  2. Tsar Nicholas II (1894 – 1917) • A lot of ethnic diversity • Home of 150 million people • ½ were ethnic Russians

  3. Joseph Stalin • 1940 4,000 of Polish people were killed • Banned religions • Ethnic cleansing • Deported 400,000 people to Central Asia because of fear they support the enemy • In eight years the number of people in labor camps rose by one million

  4. The Great Terror (1936 – 1939) • Communist Party members killed • 3.6 million put in labor camps • 700,000 people killed • Because Stalin’s paranoid • Thought his people were going against him

  5. Today • Enormous diversity • Mixed background • Cultural traditions being rebuilt • Arts are getting creative aspect back • Russian is understood by 99% of people • More than 100 languages spoken in Russia

  6. Ethnic Groups • Ethnic Russians 80% of the total population • Tatars (3.8%) • Ukrainians (2%) • Bashkir (1.1%) • Chauvash (1.1%) • Chechens (0.9%) • Armenians (0.8%) • 160 different ethnic groups

  7. Religion • Russian Orthodox (71.8%) • Muslim (5.5%) • Catholic (1.8%) • Protestant (0.7%) • Buddhist (0.6%) • Jewish (0.3%) • Other (0.9%) • None (18.9%)

  8. Language • 81% speak official Russian • Over 100 minority languages • Tartar spoken by 3%

  9. Minority Languages • Ukrainian • Chuvash • Bashir • Mordvin • Circassian • Chechen • These make up 1% of the Russian population

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