Demographics of Russia - Circassians Living in the Russian Federation, Russian Population Groups, Kulak, Demography of the Soviet Union (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 33. Chapters: Circassians living in the Russian Federation, Russian population groups, Kulak, Demography of the Soviet Union, Total fertility rates by federal subjects of Russia, Ethnic Cleansing of Circassians, Demographics of Saint Petersburg, TFR by Russian Province and Ethnic Group, Don Cossacks, Anzor Astemirov, Russian Empire Census, Pomors, Russian Census, Swiss emigration to Russia, Ethnic groups in Russia, Demographics of Siberia, Indigenous small-numbered peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East, Yuri Temirkanov, Russian Cross, Aslan Tkhakushinov, Hazret Sovmen, Maria Temryukovna, Valery Kokov, Arsen Kanokov, Aslan Dzharimov, Lishenets, Ural Cossacks, NEPman, Podkulachnik, Ussuri Cossacks, New Russian, Siberian Cossacks. Excerpt: The demographics of Russia is about the demographic features of the population of the Russian Federation, including population growth, population density, ethnic composition, education level, health, economic status, and other aspects of the population. The population of Russia was 142,905,200 as per the preliminary results of the 2010 Census. The population hit a historic peak at 148,689,000 in 1991, just before the breakup of the Soviet Union, but then began a decade-long decline, falling at a rate of about 0.5% per year due to declining birth rates and rising death rates. However the decline began to slow considerably in recent years, and in 2009 Russia recorded annual population growth for the first time in 15 years, with growth of 23,300. According to the 2002 census, ethnic Russians make up 80% of the total population, while six other ethnicities have a population exceeding 1 million - Tatars (3.8%), Ukrainians (2%), Bashkir (1.1%), Chuvash (1.1%), Chechens (0.9%) and Armenians (0.8%). In total, 160 different ethnic groups and indigenous peoples live within the Russian federation's ...