Kurds in Russia

Kurds in Russia
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Total population
50,701 (2021)
Regions with significant populations
Khabarovsk, Krasnodar, Kursk[1]
10,000 in Moscow (1995)[2]
Languages
Kurdish (Kurmanji), Russian, Armenian, Georgian[3]
Religion
Sunni Islam, Shia Islam, Yazidism, Irreligion[4][5]
Related ethnic groups
Iranian peoples

Kurds in Russia (Russian: Курды в России, romanizedKurdy v Rossii; Kurdish: Kurdên Rusyayê کوردانی ڕوسیا) form a major part of the historically significant Kurdish population in the post-Soviet space, with close ties to the Kurdish communities in the Caucasus and Central Asia.

  1. ^ "Relations With Russia Deteriorate As Kurds Protest". The Russia Journal. Archived from the original on 26 January 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
  2. ^ "The Kurds remain caught in the "Transcaucasian Triangle"". jamestown.org. 19 May 1995. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
  3. ^ "The Kurds of Caucasia and Central Asia have been cut off for a considerable period of time and their development in Russia and then in the Soviet Union has been somewhat different. In this light the Soviet Kurds may be considered to be an ethnic group in their own right." The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire "Kurds". Institute of Estonia (EKI). Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  4. ^ "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 г. Национальный состав населения Российской Федерации". Archived from the original on 2012-05-21.
  5. ^ "Kurdistan: between U.S. and Iraq". Georgiatimes. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2012.

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