One of the most multinational countries in the past was the Soviet Union. Basically, it included representatives of the indigenous population of the state. Of course, there were a small number of emigrants, partly students, and partly guests of the country.
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics included 15 union republics. In addition, there were autonomous republics. Despite all their multilingualism and diversity, people treated each culture with respect. At the very least, to openly declare their neglect, even to a small nation, was reprehensible. Such misconduct was punishable by law.
After the collapse of the USSR , several new states were formed. And the largest of the republics previously included in its composition began to be called Russia. The national composition of this country, although it has undergone changes, is still one of the widest in the world.
It should start with the fact that directly 80% of Russian people live in the country. And then this number includes Cossacks and Pomors. And if you carefully examine the genealogical trees of many families, it will become clear that people began to be called Russian due to the fact that they faced a choice between mother's and father's nationality. The concept of "purely Russian blood" now practically does not exist, most Russians are a mixed Russian-Mordovian or Russian-Chuvash nation. Widely represented are the descendants of the alliances of Russians with Tatars and other nationalities.
The national composition of Russia includes Tatars (about 4% of the total population of the country). This nation ranks second in terms of population in Russia after the Russians. Then it should be noted Ukrainians (2%), Bashkirs and Chuvashs (1.15% each).
The ethnic composition of Russia is also represented by Chechens, Armenians and Avars. The indigenous people of Russia, which used to be a fairly large community, such as Mordovians and Jews, are now inferior in numbers to the Armenians and Avars mentioned above, who are the newcomers.
After the Mordovians, Kazakhs, Azerbaijanis, and Dargins are also listed on these lists, who also, for the most part, came to work in Russia.
The national composition of Russia includes 180 nations and nationalities. Almost two-thirds of all the nations of Russia are little-known to Russians due to their small numbers. What, for example, can you say about the Yezidis, Rutuls, Andis, Assyrians?
Numerous nations such as the Yugs, of which 19 were in 2002 and only 1 remained by 2010, are also part of the national composition of Russia. Of the Greek Urumis, 1 out of 54 people registered in 2002 also remained.
Three people more in the country of Mennonites and Kereks, 4 people - bagulalov. There are nationalities represented in Russia by 6 or 7 people. For example, just the Astrakhan Tatars (there are only seven of them!).
The population growth table deserves a separate discussion. The Russian nation is steadily decreasing: in 2010, there was a minus increase (decrease) in the amount of 4872211 people, which is 4.2% of the population. The percentage of Belarusians (35.46%), Germans (34%), Jews (31.81%), Karelians (34.85%), Finns, Latvians, Estonians, and Lithuanians is decreasing in about the same amounts. But with huge growth figures, Kyrgyz demographers (225, 14% !!!), Uzbeks (135.82% !!) and Tajiks (66.73%), also representing the national composition of the population of Russia, are surprised.
The main problem of today's Russia is not its diverse national composition, but relations between nationalities, the emergence of interethnic conflicts, and the violation of the country's cultural and ethical traditions by visitors.
Yes, the patriot of Russia has a lot of questions after getting acquainted with these data, and with them there are a lot of thoughts about what needs to be done in order to correct the peak situation.