The Russian minority in Poland (Russian: Русские в Польше, romanized: Russkiye v Polshe, Polish: Rosjanie w Polsce) consists of about 34,000 people.[1][2]
 Russian minority in Polish voivodeships | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 34,215 (2021 census and migrants) | |
| Languages | |
| Polish, Russian | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity, Orthodoxy | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Russians,Ukrainians in Poland, Belarusian minority in Poland |
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(according to the Polish census of 2011, page 92).[1]
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]
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