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Russian Americans
ethnic group; Americans who trace their ancestry to Russia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Russian Americans are Americans who can trace their ancestry to Russia, the former Russian Empire, or the former Soviet Union.
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Total population | |
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3,163,084 self-reported[1] 1.0% of the U.S. population (2009) 409,000 Russian-born[2] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
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Languages | |
American English
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Religion | |
Predominantly: Eastern Orthodoxy (Russian Orthodox Church, Orthodox Church in America) Minority: Old Believers (Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church), Irreligion, Catholic Church, Judaism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Russian Canadians, Belarusian Americans, Rusyn Americans, Ukrainian Americans, Russian Jews, Alaskan Creoles |
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