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  2. Ethnic groups in Russia - Wikipedia

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    Russia, as the largest country in the world, has great ethnic diversity, is a multinational state, and is home to over 190 ethnic groups nationwide.According to the population census at the end of 2021, more than 147.1 million people lived in Russia, which is 4.3 million more than in the 2010 census, or 3.03%.

  3. Russia in the First World War - Wikipedia

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    Russia was one of the major belligerents in the First World War: from August 1914 to December 1917, it fought on the Entente's side against the Central Powers. At the beginning of the 20th century, the Russian Empire was a great power in terms of its vast territory, population, and agricultural resources.

  4. Ukrainians in Russia - Wikipedia

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    Ethnic map of European Russia before the First World War. Beginning in the 19th century, there was a continuous migration from Belarus, Ukraine and Northern Russia to settle the distant areas of the Russian Empire. The promise of free fertile land was an important factor for many peasants, who until 1861 lived under serfdom. In the colonization ...

  5. Russian Empire - Wikipedia

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    Map showing subdivisions of the Russian Empire in 1914 Residence of the governor of Moscow (1778–82) as seen in 2015. As of 1914, Russia was divided into 81 governorates , 20 oblasts, and 1 okrug. Vassals and protectorates of the Russian Empire included the Emirate of Bukhara, the Khanate of Khiva, and, after 1914, Tuva (Uriankhai).

  6. List of ethnic groups in Russia - Wikipedia

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    Among 85 subjects which constitute the Russian Federation, there are 21 national republics (meant to be home to a specific ethnic minority), 5 autonomous okrugs (usually with substantial or predominant ethnic minority) and an autonomous oblast. The table below gives the population of various ethnic groups of Russia according to the 2002 Russian ...

  7. File:Subdivisions of the Russian Empire in 1914.svg - Wikipedia

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  8. Russo-Caucasian conflict - Wikipedia

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    This enduring conflict includes numerous wars, uprisings, and insurgencies, fueled by Russia’s attempts to assert dominance over the Caucasus and the persistent resistance of its diverse ethnic groups. Key episodes in this history include the Russo-Circassian War, Caucasian war, multiple genocides, mass deportations, and a continuing modern ...

  9. Ethnic groups in Europe - Wikipedia

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    The beginnings of ethnic geography as an academic subdiscipline lie in the period following World War I, in the context of nationalism, and in the 1930s exploitation for the purposes of fascist and Nazi propaganda, so that it was only in the 1960s that ethnic geography began to thrive as a bona fide academic subdiscipline. [17]