page_title: Ainu in Russia
hierarchical_section_title: Ainu in Russia
caption_attribution_description: English: The traditional dwelling of Kuril Ainu - dugout.
context_page_description: The Ainu in Russia are an indigenous people of Russia located in Sakhalin Oblast, Khabarovsk Krai and Kamchatka Krai. The Russian Ainu people, also called Kurile, Kamchatka's Kurile or Eine, can be subdivided into six groups.
  Although only around 100 people currently identify themselves as Ainu in Russia, it is believed that at least 1,000 Russian people are of significant Ainu ancestry. The low numbers identifying as Ainu are a result of the refusal by the federal government to recognise the Ainu as a "living" ethnic group. Most of the people who identify themselves as Ainu live in Kamchatka Krai, although the largest number of people who are of Ainu ancestry are found in Sakhalin Oblast. Many local Russians are ethnically Ainu or have significant Ainu ancestry but identify as Russian and speak Russian as mother tongue, often not knowing about their Ainu ancestry.
context_section_description: The Ainu in Russia are an indigenous people of Russia located in Sakhalin Oblast, Khabarovsk Krai and Kamchatka Krai. The Russian Ainu people (Aine; Russian: айны, romanized: ayny), also called Kurile (курилы, kurily), Kamchatka's Kurile (камчатские курилы, kamchatskiye kurily / камчадальские айны, kamchadalskiye ayny) or Eine (эйны, eyny), can be subdivided into six groups.
  Although only around 100 people currently identify themselves as Ainu in Russia (according to the census of 2010), it is believed that at least 1,000 Russian people are of significant Ainu ancestry. The low numbers identifying as Ainu are a result of the refusal by the federal government to recognise the Ainu as a "living" ethnic group. Most of the people who identify themselves as Ainu live in Kamchatka Krai, although the largest number of people who are of Ainu ancestry (without acknowledging it) are found in Sakhalin Oblast. Many local Russians are ethnically Ainu or have significant Ainu ancestry but identify as Russian and speak Russian as mother tongue, often not knowing about their Ainu ancestry.
caption: Kuril Ainu people in front of the traditional dwelling.
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