Russian minority in Poland
The Russian minority in Poland consists of 13,000 people (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]
See also
- Poland–Russia relations
- Poles in Russia
References
- ^ http://www.stat.gov.pl/cps/rde/xbcr/gus/LUD_ludnosc_stan_str_dem_spo_NSP2011.pdf [bare URL PDF]
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