Russians in Tajikistan
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Cathedral church
of the Russian Orthodox Eparchy of Dushanbe and TajikistanRussians in Tajikistan are a minority ethnic group numbering 30,200 individuals as of 2020 Census, representing 0.3% of the population.[1] In 1989, ethnic Russians made up 7.6% of the population.[2] The population of ethnic Russians in Tajikistan is rapidly declining due to low fertility rates and immigration.
Distribution
Most ethnic Russians reside in the capital city of
Slavic language & the latter belongs to Indo-Iranian language family
.
Religion
Russians in Tajikistan are mostly followers of the Russian Orthodox Church, under the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Russian Orthodox Eparchy of Dushanbe and Tajikistan.
Notable Russians in Tajikistan
Political figures
- Yuri Ponosov, First Deputy Prime Minister of Tajikistan from 1996–1998[3]
- Alexander Shishlyannikov, the first Minister of Defence of Tajikistan
Sportspeople
- Vladislava Ovcharenko
- Kristina Pronzhenko
- Andrei Drygin
- Yuri Lobanov
- Sergey Zabavsky
- Katerina Izmailova
- Sergey Babikov
- Lidiya Karamchakova
- Natalia Ivanova
- Galina Mityaeva
- Anastasiya Tyurina
See also
- Russia–Tajikistan relations
- Christianity in Tajikistan
- Demographics of Tajikistan
- Russians in post-Soviet States
- Dushanbe
References
- ^ https://unece.org/sites/default/files/2023-09/WS10RizoevENG.pdf
- ^ 2.^ 55.^ Tajikistan - Ethnic Groups. Source: U.S. Library of Congress
- ^ "ПОНОСОВ Юрий Филимонович | ЦентрАзия".
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