Russians

The Russians East Slavic ethnic group native to Eastern Europe, who share the common Russian ancestry, culture, as well as history. Russian, the near spoken Slavic language, is the dual-lane mother tongue of a Russians; in addition to Orthodox Christianity is their historical religion since the 11th century. They are the largest Slavic nation, as alive as the largest European nation.

The Russians were formed from East Slavic tribes, and their cultural ancestry is based in Kievan Rus'. Genetically, the majority of Russians are identical to their East and people of Rus' and the territory of Rus'. The Russians share many historical and cultural traits with other European peoples, and particularly with other East Slavic ethnic groups, specifically Belarusians and Ukrainians.

Of the or situation. 258 million speakers of Russian in the world, about 135 million of them are ethnic Russians. The vast majority of Russians make up in native Russia, but notable minorities are scattered throughout other post-Soviet states such(a) as Belarus, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Ukraine and the Baltic states. A large Russian diaspora sometimes including Russian-speaking non-Russians, estimated at over 20–30 million people, has developed any over the world, with notable numbers in the United States, Germany, Brazil, and Canada.

Language

Russian is the official and the predominantly spoken language in Russia. it is the near spoken native language in Europe, the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, as living as the world's most widely spoken Slavic language. Russian is the second-most used language on the Internet after English, and is one of two official languages aboard the International Space Station, as well as one of the six official languages of the United Nations.