Language Family - Group
|
Language
|
Ethnic Group
|
Number
|
Republic (or other)
|
Indo-European - Slavic
|
Russian
|
Russians
|
110 million
|
Russian Federation
|
Turkic
|
Tatar
|
Volga Tatars
|
5,3 million
|
Tatarstan
|
Indo-European - Slavic
|
Ukrainian
|
Ukrainians
|
1,9 million (or many more)
|
Western Russia
|
Turkic
|
Bashkir
|
Bashkirs
|
1,6 million
|
Bashkortostan
|
Turkic
|
Chuvash
|
Chuvash people
|
1,5 million
|
Chuvashia
|
Northeast Caucasian
|
Chechen
|
Chechens
|
1,4 million
|
Chechnya
|
Indo-European
|
Armenian
|
Armenians
|
1,2 million
|
Krasnodar Krai
|
Northeast Caucasian
|
Avar
|
Avars
|
900.000
|
Dagestan
|
Uralic - Mordvinic
|
Erzya + Moksha
|
Mordvins
|
750.000
|
Mordovia
|
Turkic
|
Kazakh
|
Kazakhs
|
650.000
|
Border to Kazakhstan
|
Turkic
|
Azerbaijani aka Azeri
|
Azerbaijanis aka Azeris
|
600.000
|
Border to Azerbaijan
|
Northeast Caucasian
|
Dargwa
|
Dargin people
|
590.000
|
Dagestan
|
Uralic
|
Udmurt
|
Udmurts
|
550.000
|
Udmurtia
|
Uralic
|
Mari
|
Mari people
|
550.000
|
Mari El
|
Indo-European - Iranian
|
Ossetian/Ossetic
|
Ossetians
|
530.000
|
North Ossetia-Alania
|
Indo-European - Slavic
|
Belarusian
|
Belarusians
|
520.000
|
Western Russia
|
Northwest Caucasian
|
Kabardian aka East Circassian (Adyghe)
|
Kabardians
|
520.000
|
Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia
|
Turkic
|
Kumyk
|
Kumyks
|
500.000
|
Dagestan
|
Turkic - Siberian Turkic
|
Yakut / Sakha
|
Yakuts / Sakha people
|
480.000
|
Sakha (aka Yakutia)
|
Northeast Caucasian
|
Lezgin
|
Lezgins
|
470.000
|
Dagestan
|
Mongolic
|
Buryat
|
Buryats
|
460.000
|
Buryatia
|
Northeast Caucasian
|
Ingush
|
Ingush people
|
450.000
|
Ingushetia
|
Indo-European - Germanic
|
German
|
Volga Germans
|
390.000
|
Minority in Altai Krai, Omsk Oblast, Novosibirsk Oblast and more
|
Turkic
|
Uzbek
|
Uzbeks
|
290.000 (or many more)
|
Moscow, more
|
Turkic - Siberian Turkic
|
Tuvan
|
Tuvans
|
260.000
|
Tuva
|
Uralic
|
Komi-Zyryan + Permyak
|
Komi peoples
|
230.000
|
Komi
|
Turkic
|
Karachay dialect of Karachay-Balkar
|
Karachays
|
220.000
|
Karachay-Cherkessia
|
Indo-European - Indo-Aryan
|
Ruska Romani (or Russian)
|
Ruska Roma
|
200.000
|
Western Russia
|
Indo-European - Iranian
|
Tajik
|
Tajiks
|
200.000
|
Moscow, more
|
Mongolic
|
Kalmyk Oirat
|
Kalmyks
|
180.000
|
Kalmykia
|
Northeast Caucasian
|
Lak
|
Laks
|
180.000
|
Dagestan
|
Kartvelian
|
Georgian
|
Georgians
|
160.000
|
Moscow, more
|
Originally Afro-Asiatic - Semitic
|
Russian (minority Yiddish)
|
Jews
|
160.000 (many more partial descent)
|
Jewish Autonomous Oblast
|
Indo-European - Romance
|
Moldovan (Romanian)
|
Moldovans
|
160.000
|
Western Russia
|
Koreanic
|
Korean
|
Koryo-saram (Koreans in former USSR)
|
150.000
|
Vladivostok
|
Northeast Caucasian
|
Tabasaran
|
Tabasarans
|
150.000
|
Dagestan
|
Northwest Caucasian
|
Adyghe aka West Circassian
|
Adyghe people (aka Circassians)
|
125.000
|
Adygea
|
Turkic
|
Balkar dialect of Karachay-Balkar
|
Balkars
|
110.000
|
Kabardino-Balkaria
|
Turkic
|
Meskhetian Turkish dialect
|
Meskhetian/Ahiska Turks
|
100.000
|
Krasnodar Krai
|
Turkic
|
Nogai
|
Nogais
|
100.000
|
Dagestan
|
Turkic
|
Kyrgyz
|
Kyrgyz people
|
100.000
|
|
Turkic - Siberian Turkic
|
Altai
|
Altai people
|
75.000
|
Altai
|
Turkic - Siberian Turkic
|
Khakas
|
Khakas people
|
70.000
|
Khakassia
|
Uralic - Finnic
|
Karelian
|
Karelians
|
60.000
|
Karelia
|
Indo-European - Slavic
|
Polish
|
Poles
|
50.000
|
Western Russia
|
Uralic - Samoyedic
|
Nenets
|
Nenets people
|
45.000
|
Nenets Autonomous Okrug and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
|
Northwest Caucasian
|
Abaza
|
Abazins
|
43.000
|
Karachay-Cherkessia
|
Indo-European - Iranian
|
Kurdish
|
Yazidis
|
40.000
|
|
Tungusic
|
Evenki
|
Evenks
|
38.000
|
Siberia to Sakhalin
|
Turkic
|
Turkmen
|
Turkmens
|
37.000
|
Stavropol Krai
|
Northeast Caucasian
|
Rutul
|
Rutuls
|
35.000
|
Dagestan
|
Northeast Caucasian
|
Aghul
|
Aghuls
|
34.000
|
Dagestan
|
Indo-European - Baltic
|
Lithuanian
|
Lithuanians
|
31.000
|
Western Russia
|
Uralic - Ugric
|
Khanty
|
Khanty people
|
31.000
|
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra
|
Indo-European - Iranian
|
Kurdish
|
Kurds
|
23.000
|
|
Tungusic
|
Even (minority)
|
Evens
|
22.000
|
Magadan Oblast, Kamchatka Krai, Sakha
|
Uralic - Finnic
|
Finnish
|
Ingrian Finns
|
20.000
|
Leningrad Oblast
|
Indo-European - Baltic
|
Latvian
|
Latvians
|
19.000
|
Western Russia
|
Uralic - Finnic
|
Estonian
|
Estonians
|
18.000
|
Western Russia
|
Chukotko-Kamchatkan
|
Chukchi
|
Chukchi people
|
16.000
|
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
|
Turkic - Siberian Turkic
|
Shor (minority)
|
Shors
|
13.000
|
Kemerovo Oblast
|
Northeast Caucasian
|
Tsakhur
|
Tsakhurs
|
12.500
|
Dagestan
|
Uralic - Ugric
|
Mansi
|
Mansi people
|
12.500
|
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra
|
Tungusic
|
Nanai (minority)
|
Nanai people
|
12.000
|
Khabarovsk Krai and Primorsky Krai
|
Northwest Caucasian
|
Abkhaz
|
Abkhaz people
|
11.000
|
Caucasus
|
Turkic
|
Tatar
|
Nağaybäk
|
8000
|
Chelyabinsk Oblast
|
Turkic - Siberian Turkic
|
Dolgan
|
Dolgans
|
8000
|
Krasnoyarsk Krai
|
Chukotka-Kamchatkan
|
Koryak (minority)
|
Koryaks
|
8000
|
Koryak Okrug (in Kamchatka Krai)
|
Uralic - Finnic
|
Veps (minority)
|
Vepsians
|
6000
|
Karelia
|
Northeast Caucasian
|
Udi
|
Udis
|
4000
|
Rostov Oblast, Krasnodar Krai, Stavropol Krai
|
Uralic - Samoyedic
|
Selkup
|
Selkups
|
3600
|
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
|
Chukotko-Kamchatkan
|
Itelmen (near extinction)
|
Itelmens
|
3100
|
Kamchatka Krai
|
Turkic
|
Kumandi dialect of Northern Altai
|
Kumandins
|
2800
|
Altai
|
Tungusic
|
Ulch (near extinction)
|
Ulchs
|
2700
|
Khabarovsk Krai
|
Turkic - Siberian Turkic
|
Teleut dialect of Southern Altai
|
Teleuts
|
2600
|
Kemerovo Oblast
|
Indo-European - Iranian
|
Talysh
|
Talysh people
|
2500
|
Border to Azerbaijan
|
Turkic
|
Crimean Tatar
|
Crimean Tatars
|
2400 (excl. Crimea)
|
|
Indo-European
|
Homshetsi dialect of Armenian
|
Hemshins
|
2000
|
Krasnodar Krai
|
Originally Chukotko-Kamchatkan
|
Russian
|
Kamchadals (Russian assimilated)
|
1900
|
Kamchatka Krai
|
Uralic
|
Sámi
|
Sámi people
|
1800
|
Murmansk Oblast
|
Eskimo-Aleut / Eskaleut - Eskimo
|
Central Siberian Yupik
|
Siberian Yupiks / Yuits
|
1700
|
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
|
Sino-Tibetan - Mandarin
|
Dungan
|
Dungans (Muslim Chinese)
|
1600
|
Near Kazakhstan
|
Indo-European - Iranian
|
Tat
|
Tat people
|
1600
|
Dagestan
|
Tungusic
|
Udege (near extinction)
|
Udege people
|
1500
|
Khabarovsk Krai, Primorsky Krai
|
Dené-Yeniseian
|
Ket (near extinction)
|
Kets
|
1200
|
Krasnoyarsk Krai
|
Uralic - Finnic
|
Ingrian (near extinction)
|
Izhorians
|
266
|
Leningrad Oblast
|
Uralic - Finnic
|
Votic (near extinction)
|
Votes
|
64
|
Leningrad Oblast
|
Loved the quiz btw!