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Ethnic group From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Assyrians in Russia (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܫܘܪ̈ܝܐ; Russian: Ассирийцы в России, romanized: Assiriytsy v Rossii) number 14,000 according to the 2002 Russian census.
Total population | |
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14,000[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Languages | |
Syriac-Aramaic, Russian | |
Religion | |
Assyrian Church of the East |
Assyrians came to Russia and the Soviet Union in three main waves:
The Assyrians have tended to assimilate in recent years, but their cultural and ethnic identity has strengthened through centuries of hardships, and they have found new expression under Glasnost.
According to the 2002 Russian census, there were 14,000[1] Assyrians in Russia. 13,300 people (95% of all Assyrians) spoke Syriac as their native language.
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