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Russian in the USA

Russian in the USA. Olga Piekarski Maria Liberovsky . Russian Demographics in the United States. Total Population: 3,163,084 (1% of the total population) Russian-born Population: 409,000 (0.13% of the total population) Russian-speaking Population: 865,710

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Russian in the USA

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  1. Russian in the USA Olga Piekarski Maria Liberovsky

  2. Russian Demographics in the United States • Total Population: 3,163,084 (1% of the total population) • Russian-born Population: 409,000 (0.13% of the total population) • Russian-speaking Population: 865,710 • Raleigh Russian-speaking Population: 371 • Anchorage Russian-speaking Population: 1,277

  3. Regions Regions and cities with significant Russian-speaking populations: New York City metropolitan area, Alaska, California, Florida, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Portland(Oregon), Ohio, Massachusetts, Illinois, Seattle

  4. Religions Eastern Orthodox Christian Jewish

  5. Related Ethnic and National Groups • Related Ethnic Groups: Belarusian-American, Ukrainian-American • Related Nations: Russia, Moldova, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Belarus, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, etc.

  6. Russian Americans • Joan Rivers (Joan Alexandra Molinsky) • Comedienne, actress • Parents were Russian Jewish Immigrants (heritage – broad)

  7. Russian Americans • Mikhail Nikolaevich Baryshnikov • Dancer and actor • Arrived in the US in his twenties (L1)

  8. Russian Americans • MillaJovovich(MilicaJovović) • actress and model • Born in Kiev to a Russian mother and Serbian father, left the Soviet Union at age 5 (heritage – narrow)

  9. Russian Americans • Sergey MikhaylovichBrin • Co-founder of Google • Arrived in the US with his family at the age of 6 (heritage – narrow)

  10. Russian Americans • Leonardo DiCaprio • Actor • maternal grandparents from Russia (heritage – broad or L2)

  11. Russian Americans • Mila Kunis (Milena MarkovnaKunis) • Actress • Born in the Ukraine, arrived in the US at age 7 (heritage – narrow)

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