The Eastern Slavic Population of Central Asia After the Collapse of the USSR: Ethno-Demographic Processes
Journal: Archaeology Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia
Year: 2018

By the end of the Soviet period, Eastern Slavs (Russians, Ukrainians, and Belarusians) made up over one fifth of the population of Central Asia. In the USSR, Eastern Slavs were the leading ethnic group, playing the key role in the multinational state. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Eastern Slavs, in essence, became an ethnic minority. The new ethno-political situation had a negative impact on their natural increase, which dropped below simple reproduction level, whereas emigration f