Belarusians in Russia
The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Holy Virgin Mary in Moscow, built in 1899-1911 by the Vitebsk-born architect Tomasz Bohdanowicz-Dworzecki | |
| Total population | |
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| 208,046 (2021) | |
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| Russian · Belarusian | |
| Religion | |
| Eastern Orthodox Church (52%) · Roman Catholicism (1.3%) · Judaism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Belarusian diaspora, Polish minority in Russia, Ukrainians in Russia, Jews in Russia |
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Belarusians are a major ethnic group in Russia. At the census of 2021, 208,046 Russian citizens indicated Belarusian ancestry. Major Belarusian groups live in the regions of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kaliningrad, Karelia and Siberia. Most Belarusians in Russia are migrants from modern Belarus or their descendants, while a minor part of Belarusians in Russia are indigenous.
Because of cultural closeness of Belarusians to Russians and weakly expressed national identity, Belarusians are more than other ethnic minorities exposed to assimilation in Russia. Despite mass inflow of migrants from Belarus during last centuries, children of immigrants rarely identify themselves as Belarusians.