Soviet people

Soviet people
Советский народ
Map of the country's constituent Union Republics in 1989
Total population
286,730,819 (1989 census)
Languages
Russian,[1] Ukrainian, Belarusian, Kazakh, Azerbaijani, Georgian, Armenian, Uzbek, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Turkmen, Latvian, Estonian, Romanian, Lithuanian, others (see: Languages of the Soviet Union)
Religion
Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, Atheism, others (see: Religion in the Soviet Union)
Related ethnic groups
Citizens of the post-Soviet states

The Soviet people (Russian: сове́тский наро́д, romanizedsovetsky narod) were the citizens and nationals of the Soviet Union. This demonym was presented in the ideology of the country as the "new historical unity of peoples of different nationalities" (новая историческая общность людей различных национальностей).[2]

  1. ^ "Language Policy in the former Soviet Union". H. Schiffman. University of Pennsylvania. 19 November 2002.
  2. ^ Great Soviet Encyclopedia, article "Советский народ" by Suren Kaltakhchian [ru]