Russians

East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia
Person ethnic_group Q49542
Russians
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Russians are a people whose native language is Russian. Their predominant religion is Eastern Orthodoxy[1].

Russians

Summary

Russians is an ethnic group[1]. They ranks in the top 3% of ethnic_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (860 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Russian was Russians's native language[3].
  • Russians's religion is recorded as Eastern Orthodoxy[4].
  • Russians is in the country of Russia[5].
  • Russians is in the country of Ukraine[6].
  • Russians is in the country of Kazakhstan[7].
  • Russians is in the country of United States[8].
  • Russians is in the country of Belarus[9].
  • Russians is in the country of Uzbekistan[10].
  • Russians's instance of is recorded as ethnic group[11].
  • Russians's instance of is recorded as people[12].
  • Russians's ancestral home is recorded as Eastern Europe[13].
  • Russians is a type of Eastern Europeans[14].
  • Russians is part of East Slavs[15].
  • Russians's Commons category is recorded as Russians[16].
  • Russians comprises Russian sub-ethnic and ethnographic groups[17].
  • Russians comprises Semeiskie[18].
  • Russians's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Russian people[19].
  • Russians has a population of {'amount': '+133000000'}[20].
  • Russians's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[21].
  • Russians's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22].
  • Russians's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[23].
  • Russians's demonym is recorded as {'lang': 'ro', 'text': 'rus'}[24].
  • Russians's demonym is recorded as {'lang': 'ro', 'text': 'rusoaică'}[25].
  • Russians's demonym is recorded as {'lang': 'ro', 'text': 'ruși'}[26].
  • Russians's demonym is recorded as {'lang': 'ro', 'text': 'rusoaice'}[27].

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Origins and Family

Russian was Russians's native language[3].

Personal Life

Russians's religion is recorded as Eastern Orthodoxy[4].

Works and Contributions

Things named for Russians include Sunday[28], a day of the week[29]; pickled herring[30], a fish dish[31]; Russian world[32], a concept[33]; Russian Sign Language[34], a sign language[35], in Russia[36]; The Prayer of them[37], a national anthem[38], in Russian Empire[39]; and Rusų Street[40], a street[41], in Lithuania[42].

Why It Matters

Russians ranks in the top 3% of ethnic_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (860 views/month).[2] They has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] They is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

Entities named for them include Sunday[28], a day of the week[29]; pickled herring[30], a fish dish[31]; Russian world[32], a concept[33]; Russian Sign Language[34], a sign language[35], in Russia[36]; The Prayer of them[37], a national anthem[38], in Russian Empire[39]; and Rusų Street[40], a street[41], in Lithuania[42].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [12] . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] . wikidata.org.
  11. [4] . wciom.ru. wciom.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . joshuaproject.net. Retrieved . joshuaproject.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [34] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [37] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [40] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Native language Russian
    Population {'amount': '+133000000'}
    Country Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan +5
    Different from citizenship of Russia, Russians, Rus +3
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 1208, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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