Russian Americans facts for kids
| Total population | |
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| 3,163,084 self-reported 1.0% of the U.S. population (2009) 409,000 Russian-born |
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American English
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| Religion | |
| Predominantly: Eastern Orthodoxy (Russian Orthodox Church, Orthodox Church in America) Minority: Old Believers (Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church), Irreligion, Catholic Church, Judaism |
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| Related ethnic groups | |
| Russian Canadians, Belarusian Americans, Rusyn Americans, Ukrainian Americans, Russian Jews, Alaskan Creoles |
Russian Americans are Americans who can trace their ancestry to Russia, the former Russian Empire, or the former Soviet Union.
Images for kids
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Fort Ross, est. in 1812 in present-day Sonoma County, California.
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St. Theodosius Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Cleveland, est. in 1896.
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Russian immigrant home, New York City, 1910—1915.
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Russian-speaking bankers in Chicago, 1916.
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Distribution of Russian Americans according to the 2000 census, red indicates higher concentrations
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Russian Old Believers Church in Gervais, Oregon
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See also
In Spanish: Inmigración rusa en los Estados Unidos para niños
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