Russians in Ukraine – geodemographic dynamics of the post-Soviet period (results and perspectives)
Journal: Journal of Geography Politics and Society
Year: 2018

By the time of the dissolution of the USSR about 25 millions of Russians were inhabitants of the Union Republics. About a half of this demographic group accrued to the Ukrainian SSR. Thus, ethno-demographic and sociocultural perspectives of Russians in the post-Soviet Ukraine have nearly central significance in the problem of keeping of the modern Russian ethnocultural expatriate community.