Assyrians in Russia (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܫܘܪ̈ܝܐ; Russian: Ассирийцы) number 14,000 according to the 2002 Russian census.
Total population | |
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14,000[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Languages | |
Syriac-Aramaic, Russian | |
Religion | |
Assyrian Church of the East |
Assyrians came to Russia and the Soviet Union in three main waves:
In recent years, the Assyrians have tended to assimilate, but their cultural and ethnic identity, strengthened through centuries of hardships, found new expression under Glasnost.
According to the 2002 Russian census there were 14,000[1] Assyrians in Russia. 13,300 people (95% of all Assyrians) spoke Syriac as native language.