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Russians in Latvia
Total population
445,612 (2023)
Regions with significant populations
Riga, Daugavpils, Rēzekne
Religion
Predominantly: Eastern Orthodoxy (Latvian Orthodox Church) Minority: Old Believers
In Latvia, Russians have been the largest ethnic minority in the country for the last two centuries. The number of Russians in Latvia more than quadrupled during the Soviet occupation of Latvia when the size of the community grew from 8.8% of the total population in 1935 (206,499) to 34.0% in 1989 (905,515).[1] It started to decrease in size again after Latvia regained independence in 1991 falling to 23.7% at the beginning of 2023.
^"Ethnic Composition and the Protection and Promotion of the Cultural Identity of National Minorities". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia. January 15, 2015. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
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