Russian_minority_in_Poland

Russian minority in Poland

Russian minority in Poland

Ethnic Group in Russia

The Russian minority in Poland (Russian: Русские в Польше, romanized: Russkiye v Polshe, Polish: Rosjanie w Polsce) consists of 13,000 people (according to the Polish census of 2011, page 92).[1]

See also: Old Believers

In the past – the times of the Second Polish Republic, partitions of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth – the number of Russians within Polish borders was much higher, over 100,000. Changing borders (see territorial changes of Poland) and forced resettlement after World War II drastically reduced this number.[citation needed]

One of the most defining cultural characteristics of that minority is their Eastern Orthodox faith.[citation needed]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    http://www.stat.gov.pl/cps/rde/xbcr/gus/LUD_ludnosc_stan_str_dem_spo_NSP2011.pdf [bare URL PDF]


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