Russians in Tajikistan

Capital city, Dushanbe is the city where most ethnic Russians live in.
St. Nicholas Cathedral in Dushanbe, the Cathedral church of the Russian Orthodox Eparchy of Dushanbe and Tajikistan

Russians in Tajikistan are a minority ethnic group numbering about 29,000 individuals as of 2020 Census, representing 0.3% of the population.[1] In 1989 census, ethnic Russians made up 7.6% of the population.[2] The population of ethnic Russians in Tajikistan is rapidly declining due to low fertility rates and emigration.

  1. ^ https://unece.org/sites/default/files/2023-09/WS10RizoevENG.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ 2.^ 55.^ Tajikistan - Ethnic Groups. Source: U.S. Library of Congress