81% of Russians identify themselves as ethnic Russians, but there are also other large ethnic groups. Millions of people in Russia call themselves Russian nationals but without regarding themselves as ethnically Russian. According to the 2010 census, there are as many as 193 ethnic groups living in Russia. 3.9% of Russians are Tartars, 1.4% Ukrainians, 1.2% Bashkirs, 1.1% Chuvashs and 1.0% Chechens. Many of these ethnic groups enjoy a certain autonomy, because the Soviet Union set up republics and regions along ethnic lines. Tatarstan isn’t a financial region, nor a tourist destination. But it managed to evade the low standards of living and poverty of the Volga Federal District. Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan, has become an industrial hub in the past four years. 47 ethnic groups are officially recognized as indigenous small ethnic peoples of Russia, including the Kets, Aleuts, Itelmens, Nenets and others. They are the only ethnic groups protected by law through meeting the following criteria: the surviving populations are fewer than 50,000, they live on their historic lands, they have preserved their traditional way of life and regard themselves as a separate ethnicity. A good video from a rural area of Chuvashia, where the poverty rate was at 18.1 % in 2015.
While Chuvash mtDNA (maternal) haplogroups are 90% European, Y-DNA (paternal) haplogroup N makes up a majority in the Chuvash Y-DNA gene pool. Based on how they look in the video, it is hard to tell whether haplogroup N significant among Finno-Ugric populations is Caucasoid or Mongoloid, and Uralid is the best fit. Haplogroup N was observed in Finland at a frequency of ∼55% but very rare in Japan (1.5%). Y-DNA haplogroup frequencies for the Chuvash and other Turkic groups are as follows:
Chuvash: R1a1 (29.5~31.6%); N (27~28%); J (15.9%); I (11.4%); C (0~1.3%)
Volga Tatars: R1a1 (20.8~34.1%); N (23.1~28.3%); I (4~13.2%); J (15.1%); C (1.6~5.7%)
Yenisei Kyrgyz: N (50%); R1a1 (35.2%); Q (4%); C (1.1%)
Bashkirs: N (3~65%); R1a1 (9~48%); R1b (0~84%); C (0~17%); J (0~8%); I (0~2%)
Uzbeks: R1a1 (17.6~32%); J (5.9~21.4%); C2 (7~18%, 41.2%); O3 (0~12%); N (0~5.9%)
https://www.jstor.org/stable/26572263But I am curious, if you were explaining that to an American that didn't know much about Russia, what does it mean?
The poverty rate of Native Americans is 25% and unemployment rates are usually high. Basically 20% of the Russian population is living like Native Americans by preserving their traditional cultures. Ethnic Russians living in Moscow tend to have a higher standard of living, where the average annual income is $48,961 USD.
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