Afro-Russians
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Afro-Russians (), commonly known as Black Russians (), are citizens of Russia who have any ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa. The Metis Foundation estimates that there were about 30,000 Afro-Russians in 2013.
Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Afro-Russians
- Ethnic group.image
- Patterson1936cirk.jpg
- Ethnic group.caption
- James Patterson, Lyubov Orlova and Sergei Stolyarov. From the movie Circus (1936)
- Ethnic group.population
- 30,000 (2013) 40,000 to 70,000 (2009)
- Ethnic group.popplace
- Moscow, Astrakhan, Yekaterinburg
- Ethnic group.languages
- RussianAbkhazNiger–Congo languagesNilo-Saharan languagesEnglishFrenchSpanish
- Ethnic group.religions
- Predominantly Christianity
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- ethnic group
- Part of
- Russians
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- diaspora
- African diaspora
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Terminology
- History
- Russian Empire
- Early Soviet period
- Post-War, the Festival Children
- Notable Afro-Russians
- Social movements
- See also
- References
- External links
Afro-Russians (), commonly known as Black Russians (), are citizens of Russia who have any ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa. The Metis Foundation estimates that there were about 30,000 Afro-Russians in 2013.
==Terminology== Representatives of African peoples in the Russian language have been commonly called . The word comes from (the color black in Spanish) through other European languages (, ). thumb|Peter the Great, Tsar of Russia (1672–1725), and his page-boy
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