Azerbaijanis in Russia Rusiya azərbaycanlıları Русија азәрбајҹанлылары
Total population
603,070 (Census 2010)[1] – 1,500,000 (Estimate)[2][3] to 3,000,000[4]
Regions with significant populations
Dagestan
130,919
Moscow (urban only)
57,123
Tyumen Oblast
43,610
Moscow Oblast (excl. Moscow)
19,061
Rostov Oblast
17,961
Stavropol Krai
17,800
Saint Petersburg (urban only)
17,717
Krasnoyarsk Krai
16,341
Saratov Oblast
14,868
Volgograd Oblast
14,398
Sverdlovsk Oblast
14,215
Samara Oblast
14,093
Languages
Azerbaijani · Russian
Religion
Predominantly Shia Islam
Related ethnic groups
Azerbaijani diaspora
Azerbaijanis in Russia or Russian Azerbaijanis (Azerbaijani: Rusiya azərbaycanlıları (Latin), Русија азәрбајҹанлылары (Cyrillic); Russian: Азербайджанцы в России, Azerbajdzhantsy v Rossii) are people of Azeri descent in Russia. These may be either ethnic Azeris residents in the country or recent immigrants who profess Azeri ancestry.
Aside from the large Azeri community native to Russia's Dagestan Republic, the majority of Azeris in Russia are fairly recent immigrants. Azeris started settling in Russia (with the exception of Dagestan) around the late nineteenth century, but their migration intensified after World War II, and especially after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. According to the 2010 All-Russian Population Census, there are 603,070 Azeris residing in Russia, however the actual numbers may be much higher due to the arrival of guest workers in the post-Soviet era. The estimated total Azeri population of Russia as of 2002 might have reached as many as 3,000,000 people,[4] with more than one and half million of them living in Moscow, though in the following decade there was a tendency for many Azeris to move back to Azerbaijan.[5] The majority of post-1991 ethnic Azeri migrants have come to Russia from rural Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia. Today most provinces of Russia have more or less significant Azeri communities, the biggest ones, according to official numbers, residing in Dagestan, Moscow, Khanty–Mansi, Krasnoyarsk, Rostov-on-the-Don, Saratov, Sverdlovsk, Samara, Stavropol, etc.[6]
^Портал "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года" – Окончательные итоги Всероссийской переписи населения 2010 года :Национальный состав населения Российской Федерации Archived 24 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
^"Итоги переписи". 2002 census. Russian Federation State Statistics Service. 2004. Archived from the original on 20 January 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
^van der Leeuw, Charles (2000). Azerbaijan: a quest for identity : a short history. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 19. ISBN 978-0-312-21903-1.
^ abAzerbaijan Acts to Limit the Discrimination Against Azeris in Russia by Nailia Sohbetqizi. Eurasianet.org. 11 November 2002. Retrieved 15 September 2006
^Mammadov, Ramiz. Ethnic Azeris Returning Home, Says Expert. Aze.az. 29 November 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
^2002 All-Russian Population Census Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Official website. Retrieved 15 September 2006
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