| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 3,500,000 (estimate, 2018)[1]
Ethnic background: German Russians: 3,500,000–4,000,000 - Ethnic Russians: 2,213,000[2] - Russian Jews: 118,000-225,000 - Russian citizens: 230,994 (2015)[3] | |
| Languages | |
| Russian, German, German-Russian macaronic, (Hebrew, Yiddish spoken by Russian Jews) | |
| Religion | |
| Russian Orthodoxy, Atheism, Irreligion, Roman Catholic, Protestantism, Judaism |
There is a significant Russian population in Germany (German: Deutschrussen, Russlanddeutsche or Russischsprachige in Deutschland). The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 triggered mass immigration to the West, with Germany being the top destination, mostly for economic and ethnic reasons. Russians (German Russians) are the 3rd largest migrant group in Germany.
- ^ "Regarding Upcoming Conference on Status of Russian Language Abroad". Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
- ^ Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (January 2014). Migrationsbericht 2012 [Migrarion Report 2012] (PDF) (in German). Bundesministerium des Innern Referat Öffentlichkeitsarbeit. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
- ^ "Pressemitteilungen - Ausländische Bevölkerung - Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)". www.destatis.de (in German).