Armenians in Russia

Armenians in Russia
Հայերը Ռուսաստանում
Армяне в России
Total population
2010 census: 1,182,388[1]
estimates: 1,700,000 (2017)[2]2,500,000+ (Putin, 2020)[3]
0.8%-1.7% of the Russian population
Regions with significant populations
Moscow, Krasnodar Krai, Stavropol Krai, Rostov Oblast
Languages
Russian, Armenian
Religion
Christianity (predominantly Armenian Apostolic)[4][5]

Armenians in Russia or Russian Armenians[n 1] (Armenian: Հայերը Ռուսաստանում, romanizedHayery Rrusastanum; Russian: Армяне в России, romanizedArmyane v Rossii) are one of the country's largest ethnic minorities and the largest Armenian diaspora community outside Armenia. The 2010 Russian census recorded 1,182,388 Armenians in the country. Various figures estimate that the ethnic Armenian population in Russia is actually more than 2 million. Armenians populate various regions, including Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Krasnodar Krai in the North Caucasus and as far as Vladivostok in the East.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2010census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Փորձագետ. ՌԴ-ում բնակվող 2.5 մլն հայերի մասին տեղեկությունը հավաստի չէ" (in Armenian). PanARMENIAN.Net. 2 June 2017. Archived from the original on 19 August 2019. Իմ գնահատականով Ռուսաստանում 1 մլն 700 հազարից մինչև 1 մլն 800 հազար հայ է բնակվում:
  3. ^ "Interview with Rossiya TV channel". kremlin.ru. President of Russia. 7 October 2020. Archived from the original on 7 October 2020. Suffice it to say that some 2 million Azerbaijanis and over 2 million Armenians live in Russia, as far as we know.
  4. ^ Arena – Atlas of Religions and Nationalities in Russia. Sreda.org
  5. ^ "Арена в PDF : Некоммерческая Исследовательская Служба "Среда"". Sreda.org. Retrieved 2014-04-20.


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