The Russian minority in Poland (Russian: Русские в Польше, romanized: Russkiye v Polshe, Polish: Rosjanie w Polsce) consists of about 34,000 people (according to the Polish census of 2011).[1]
 Russian minority in Polish voivodeships | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 34,215 (2021 census and migrants) | |
| Languages | |
| Polish, Russian | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity (Eastern Orthodox Church, Old Believers), Jehovah's Witnesses | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Russians, Ukrainians in Poland, Belarusian minority in Poland |
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In the past – the times of the Second Polish Republic, partitions of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth – the number of Russians within Polish borders was much higher, over 100,000. Changing borders (see territorial changes of Poland) and forced resettlement after World War II drastically reduced this number.[citation needed]
One of the most defining cultural characteristics of that minority is their Eastern Orthodox faith.[citation needed]
Notable people
edit- Aleksy Awdiejew – actor
- Ivan Vyrypaev – actor, director
- Zofia Licharewa – geologist
- Eugeniusz Malinowski – actor, singer, guitarist, conductor
- Yuriy Shatalov – football player, coach
- Maria Żuk – ballet artist
- Alina Kashlinskaya – chess player
- Jekaterina Kurakova – figure skater
- Vladimir Samoilov – figure skater
- Vladimir Siemirunniy – skater
- Jerzy Bułanow – football player
- Sasha Strunin – singer, director, visual artist, actress and former model
- Gleb Chugunov – speedway rider
- Artem Laguta – speedway rider
- Emil Sayfutdinov – speedway rider
- Valeriia Olianovskaia – tennis player
See also
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References
edit- ↑ "Ludność. Stan i struktura demograficzna-społeczna" [Population. Demographic and social status and structure] (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-04-17.
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