Russians
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Russians are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Eastern Europe. Their mother tongue is Russian, the most spoken Slavic language. The majority of Russians adhere to Orthodox Christianity, ever since
East Slavic tribes and peoples, 8th–9th century
The Baptism of Kievans, by Klavdy Lebedev
Grandma's Fairy Tales, by Vassily Maximov
Ethnic Russians in former Soviet Union states in 1994
Russian diaspora
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The Russian diaspora is the global community of ethnic Russians. The Russian-speaking diaspora are the people for whom Russian language is the native language, regardless of whether they are ethnic Ru
Russians
…but notable minorities are scattered throughout other post-Soviet states such as Belarus, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Ukraine, and the Baltic states. A large Russian diaspora (sometimes including Russian-speaking non-Russians), estimated at 25 million people, has developed all over the world, with notable numbers in the…
Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Russian Cemetery near Paris, the foremost necropolis of the White émigrés
Mikhail Chekhov Riga Russian Theatre founded in 1883
Immigrants’ Festival in Misiones, Argentina
Russian Old Believers Church in Nikolaevsk, Alaska