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*The next largest communities of Russian speakers outside the former Soviet Union are found in '''Germany and in Israel''', both of unknown size but estimated at around 1.2 million people in Germany and around one million in Israel. | *The next largest communities of Russian speakers outside the former Soviet Union are found in '''Germany and in Israel''', both of unknown size but estimated at around 1.2 million people in Germany and around one million in Israel. | ||
*In addition, in '''Canada, Australia, Argentina, Brazil, The United Kingdom, New Zealand, Uruguay and Venezuela''', several hundred thousand citizens each identify as being of at least partial Russian descent.<ref>"Russian diaspora", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_diaspora, accessed 10 June 2021.</ref> | *In addition, in '''Canada, Australia, Argentina, Brazil, The United Kingdom, New Zealand, Uruguay and Venezuela''', several hundred thousand citizens each identify as being of at least partial Russian descent.<ref>"Russian diaspora", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_diaspora, accessed 10 June 2021.</ref> | ||
===White Russian Diaspora=== | ====White Russian Diaspora==== | ||
*The White Russian diaspora, named for the Russians and Belarusians who left Russia (the USSR 1918–91) in the wake of the 1917 October Revolution and Russian Civil War, seeking to preserve pre-Soviet Russian culture, the Orthodox Christian faith. It includes exiled former Communist party members, such as Leon Trotsky. | *The White Russian diaspora, named for the Russians and Belarusians who left Russia (the USSR 1918–91) in the wake of the 1917 October Revolution and Russian Civil War, seeking to preserve pre-Soviet Russian culture, the Orthodox Christian faith. It includes exiled former Communist party members, such as Leon Trotsky. | ||
*The millions of Russian émigré and refugees found live in '''North America (the U.S. and Canada), Latin America with a sect of Pryguny or Molokans settled in Guadalupe Valley, Baja California in Mexico'''. | *The millions of Russian émigré and refugees found live in '''North America (the U.S. and Canada), Latin America with a sect of Pryguny or Molokans settled in Guadalupe Valley, Baja California in Mexico'''. | ||
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*Many military and civil officers living, stationed, or fighting the Red Army across Siberia and the Russian Far East moved together with their families to '''Harbin (see Harbin Russians), to Shanghai (see Shanghai Russians) and to other cities of China, Central Asia, and Western China'''. After the withdrawal of US and Japanese troops from Siberia, some émigrés traveled to '''Japan'''. | *Many military and civil officers living, stationed, or fighting the Red Army across Siberia and the Russian Far East moved together with their families to '''Harbin (see Harbin Russians), to Shanghai (see Shanghai Russians) and to other cities of China, Central Asia, and Western China'''. After the withdrawal of US and Japanese troops from Siberia, some émigrés traveled to '''Japan'''. | ||
*During and after World War II, many Russian émigrés moved to the '''United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Peru, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, South Africa and Australia, south Asia (India and Iran) and the Middle East (Egypt and Turkey)''' – where many of their communities still exist in the 21st century.<ref>"White émigrés", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_%C3%A9migr%C3%A9, accessed 10 June 2021.</ref> | *During and after World War II, many Russian émigrés moved to the '''United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Peru, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, South Africa and Australia, south Asia (India and Iran) and the Middle East (Egypt and Turkey)''' – where many of their communities still exist in the 21st century.<ref>"White émigrés", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_%C3%A9migr%C3%A9, accessed 10 June 2021.</ref> | ||
==Records of Russian Emigrants in Their Destination Nations== | ==Records of Russian Emigrants in Their Destination Nations== | ||
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