Poles in Kazakhstan

Poles in Kazakhstan
Polish women in Kazakhstan
Total population
49,000[1] (2014, est.)
Regions with significant populations
Northern Kazakhstan[2]
Languages
Primarily Russian; only 12% claim knowledge of Polish[3]
Religion
Christian
Related ethnic groups
Polish diaspora

Poles in Kazakhstan form one portion of the Polish diaspora in the former Soviet Union. Slightly less than half of Kazakhstan's Poles live in the Karaganda region, with another 2,500 in Astana, 1,200 in Almaty, and the rest scattered throughout rural regions.[4]

  1. ^ https://astanatimes.com/2014/11/group-works-preserve-polish-heritage-kazakhstan-honour-poles-new-motherland/#:~:text=According%20to%20Rogovskaya%2C%20Poles%20were,about%2055%2C500%2C%E2%80%9D%20she%20said.
  2. ^ Poujol 2007, p. 92
  3. ^ Iglicka 1998, p. 1001
  4. ^ Poujol 2007, p. 92