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Minority

Russian Germans in Russia (Russian Germans)

Description

The word Russlanddeutsche (Germans of Russia) is a collective name for the people with German nationality who came to Russia over a period of several centuries and who settled there. The life and culture of the Germans were influenced by the different regions where they lived.

Nowadays the Germans form around 0.41 % of the total population of Russia. Most Germans can be found in Siberia (circa 350,000).

Size of the minority

842,000 (Pan)

Language

German (842.000 Speaker)