Russians in Ukraine
Russians in Ukraine (Russian: Русские на Украине, romanized: Russkiye na Ukraine, Ukrainian: Росіяни в Україні, romanized: Rosijany v Ukrajini) constitute the country's largest ethnic minority. This community forms the largest single Russian community outside of Russia in the world. In the 2001 Ukrainian census, 8,334,100 identified themselves as ethnic Russians (17.3% of the population of Ukraine); this is the combined figure for persons originating from outside of Ukraine and the Ukrainian-born population declaring Russian ethnicity.[1]
For the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, see Russian invasion of Ukraine. For the Russian occupation of Ukraine in general, see Occupied territories of Ukraine.