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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| In the 2001 Ukrainian census, 8,334,100 identified themselves as ethnic Russians (17.3% of the population of Ukraine).[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Donetsk Oblast | 1,844,399 (2001) |
 Crimea (excluding Sevastopol) | 1,180,441 (2001) |
 Luhansk Oblast | 991,825 (2001) |
 Kharkiv Oblast | 742,025 (2001) |
 Dnipropetrovsk Oblast | 627,531 (2001) |
 Odesa Oblast | 508,537 (2001) |
 Zaporizhzhia Oblast | 476,748 (2001) |
 Kyiv | 337,323 (2001) |
 Sevastopol | 269,953 (2001) |
 other regions of Ukraine | 1,355,359 (2001) |
| Languages | |
| Russian (95.9%, 2001) • Ukrainian (54.8%, 2001) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Slavic people (East Slavs, West Slavs, South Slavs) | |
Russians in Ukraine (Russian: Русские в Украине, romanized: Russkiye v Ukraine, Ukrainian: Росіяни в Україні, romanized: Rosiiany v Ukraini) constitute the country's largest ethnic minority. This community forms the largest single Russian community outside of Russia in the world. In the 2001 Ukrainian census, 8,334,100 identified themselves as ethnic Russians (17.3% of the population of Ukraine); this is the combined figure for persons originating from outside of Ukraine and the Ukrainian-born population declaring Russian ethnicity.[1]
- ^ a b "Results / General results of the census / National composition of population". 2001 Ukrainian Census. Archived from the original on July 6, 2007. Retrieved May 20, 2007.