REGIONAL DIFFERENCES IN THE RATIO OF THE USAGE OF MOTHER TONGUES IN THE TURKIC GROUPS LIVING IN RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Journal: DergiPark (Istanbul University)
Year: 2012

In accordance with the results of 2010 census, 160 different ethnic groups live in the Russian Federation with a total population of 142.856.536 80,9 % of the population is Russian, 1,4 % is Ukrainian and 0,4 % is Belarusian, so it can be said that 82,7 % of the total population belong to the Slav race. Majority of the population except the Slavs are Turks. 8,7 % of the population (12 million) belongs to different Turkic Groups. 2/3 percentage of the population (8 million) lives in Idel(Volga)-U