Moscow's Lost Empire by Michael Rywkin

Author:Michael Rywkin [Rywkin, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Ethnic Studies, Communism; Post-Communism & Socialism, Political Ideologies, Social Science, Political Science, Regional Studies, General
ISBN: 9781315287713
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Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1994-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Table 17

Russians in the Capitals of the Former Union Republics (1989)

Russians

City (capital of) Titular nationality % of the total % speaking the language of the titular nationality Others

Moscow (Russia) 89.6 89.6 — 10.4a

Kiev (Ukraine) 72.4 20.9 47.3 6.7b

Minsk (Belarus) 72.1 20.0 24.8 7.9c

Kishinev (Moldova) 49.2 26.4 11.1 24.4d

Vilnius (Lithuania) 50.5 20.2 31.6 29.3e

Riga (Latvia) 36.5 47.3 19.6 16.2f

Tallinn (Estonia) 47.4 41.2 15.4 11.4g

Erevan (Armenia) 96.5 1.9 43.3 1.6

Baku (Azerbaijan) 61.8 18.0 12.2 20.2h

Tbilisi (Georgia) 66.0 10.0 34.5 24.0i

Tashkent (Uzbekistan) 44.2 34.0 3.5 21.8j

Alma-Ata (Kazakhstan) 22.5 59.1 0.6 18.4k

Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) 22.7 55.8 0.6 21.5l

Dushanbe (Tajikistan) 38.3 32.8 2.3 28.9m

Ashkhabad (Turkmenistan) 50.8 32.4 1.7 16.8n

Sources: 1989 census, and Mikhail Guboglo, “Demography and Language in the Capitals of the Union Republics,” Journal of Soviet Nationalities, vol. 1, no. 4 (1990).

Notes: “Others” include:

 a2.9 percent Ukrainians and 2 percent Jews;

 b3.9 percent Jews;

 c3.2 percent Ukrainians and 2.5 percent Jews;

 d14.3 percent Ukrainians and 5.4 percent Jews;0.01

 e18.8 percent Poles and 5.3 percent Belarusians;

 f4.8 percent Ukrainians and 4.8 percent Belarusians;

 g4.8 percent Ukrainians and 2.6 percent Belarusians;

 h12.2 percent Armenians (very few remained in 1992);

 i12.1 percent Armenians;

 j6.3 percent Tatars and 2.9 percent Ukrainians;

 k4.1 percent Ukrainians and 3.7 percent Uigurs;

 l5.6 percent Ukrainians and 5.8 percent Tatars;

 m10.6 percent Uzbeks and 4.1 percent Tatars;

 n4.6 percent Armenians and 2.7 percent Ukrainians.

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