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Dungans Dungans Population 69,700 Language group Mongolian Language Dungan Region Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan Religion Islam *Population estimates for 1994 Dungans are the Central Asian people living in Kyrgyzstan (not far from the cities of Przhevalsk and Osh) and Kazakhstan (east of the city of Djambul). Culturally and linguistically, they are close to the Chinese Dungans. The … Read more
Ents Ents Population 200 Language group Samoyedic Language Entic Region Taimyr National Area of Krasnoyarsky Krai Religion Animism *Population estimates for 1994 In language and ethnographic respect, the Ents (or Enets) are close to the Nganasan and the Nenets. By its sound composition, the Ents’ language is similar to the Nganasan language. By the beginning … Read more
Eskimos Eskimos Population 1,700 Language group Eskimos-Aleutian Language Eskimo Region Chukot Peninsula, Wrangel Island Religion Shamanism *Population estimates for 1994 The Eskimos have lived on Chukot Peninsula, along the Bering Sea coast, and on Wrangel Island since 1926. By their culture and way of life, they are very much like their neighbors, the Chukchi. The … Read more
Estonians Estonians Population 1,565,000 Language group Finno-Ugrian Language Estonian Religion Christianity *Population estimates for 1994 Estonia is the northernmost Baltic state. Its lands stretch from the Gulf of Finland to the Gulf of Riga. The earliest traces of the ancient inhabitants on Estonian territory refer to 8-4 millennia BC. The ethnic origin of these earliest … Read more
Evenks Evenks Population 30,000 Language group Northern branch of the Tungus-Manchurian languages Language Evenk Region East Siberia Religion Shamanism, Christianity *Population estimates for 1994 The Evenks (Tungus) are one of the most numerous and wide spread peoples among the so-called small people clusters of North Siberia. The acknowledged limits of the Evenk territories are the … Read more
Finns Finns Population 67,000 Language group Finno-Ugrian Language Finnish Region Southern coast of the Gulf of Finland and the Karelian Isthmus Religion Christianity *Population estimates for 1994 On the Southern coast of the Gulf of Finland and the Karelian Isthmus there lives a population of Finns. In the past, little attention was paid to the … Read more
Gagauz Gagauz Population 185,000 Language group Oguz group of the Turkic languages Language Finnish Region Southern parts of Moldova and Ukraine Religion Christianity *Population estimates for 1994 The Gagauz are a people living in the South of Moldova and the neighboring country of Ukraine. Some scientists consider the Gagauz be the “Turkirized” Bulgarians who preserved … Read more
Georgians Georgians Population 5,401,000 Language group Kartvel group of the Caucasian languages Language Georgian Religion Christianity/Islam *Population estimates for 1994 Rich Georgian valleys lay between the mountain ranges of shores of Georgia. Archaeological data give all reasons to suppose that present Georgia is one of the territories which was inhabited by ancient tribes since times … Read more
Germans Germans Population 2,039,000 Language group German group of Indo-European language family Language German Region Russia (Volga Territories, the Altai), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan Religion Christianity (Lutheran) *Population estimates for 1994 The Germans (self-designated as Deutsche) are the native population of Germany. The Germans of CIS are a national group which was divided into some subethnic groups, … Read more
Greeks Greeks Population 358,000 Language group Greek Language Greek Region Ukraine, Russia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Armenia Religion Christianity (Orthodoxy) *Population estimates for 1994 The Greeks are the descendants of the migrants from the Balkan Peninsula who came to Russia partly in the eighteenth century, but mostly in the nineteenth century. This migration was the result of … Read more