page_title: Azerbaijanis in Russia
section_title: Azerbaijanis of Russia
hierarchical_section_title: Azerbaijanis in Russia / Azerbaijanis of Russia
caption_attribution_description: Русский: МОСКВА, КРЕМЛЬ. Церемония вручения государственных наград. Орденом Почета награжден певец Муслим Магомаев.
context_page_description: Azerbaijanis in Russia or Russian Azerbaijanis are people of Azeri descent in Russia. These may be either ethnic Azeris resident in the country or recent immigrants who profess Azeri ancestry.
  Aside from the large Azeri community native to Russia's Dagestan Republic, the majority of Azeris in Russia are fairly recent immigrants. Azeris started settling in Russia around the late nineteenth century, but their migration intensified after World War II, and especially after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. According to the 2010 All-Russian Population Census, there are 603,070 Azeris residing in Russia, however the actual numbers may be much higher due to the arrival of guest workers in the post-Soviet era. The estimated total Azeri population of Russia as of 2002 might have reached as many as 3,000,000 people, with more than one and half million of them living in Moscow, though in the following decade there was a tendency for many Azeris to move back to Azerbaijan. The majority of post-1991 ethnic Azeri migrants have come to Russia from rural Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia.
context_section_description: Tamilla Abassova, racing cyclist, 2004 Olympic silver medalist
  Geydar Dzhemal, philosopher
  Emin Garibov, artistic gymnast
  Ruslan Gasimov, judoka
  Murad Hüseynov, football player
  Stalic Khankishiev, chef, photographer, cooking writer
  Georgiy Mamedov, diplomat, currently ambassador to Canada
  Ramiz Mamedov, retired football player
  Karim Mammadbeyov, revolutionary and early Soviet politician
  Timur Rodriguez, showman, singer
  Aleksandr Samedov, football player
  Ramil Sheydayev, football player
  Tofig Zulfugarov, former Azerbaijani foreign minister
  Azerbaijanis born elsewhere
  Aras Agalarov, businessman, billionaire, founder of Crocus International
  Emin Agalarov, businessman, singer and songwriter
  Farkhad Akhmedov, politician, businessman, founder of Northgas
  Vagit Alekperov, President of the leading Russian oil company LUKOIL
  Avraamy Aslanbegov, Russian admiral
  Zafar Guliyev, wrestler, 1996 Olympic bronze medalist
  Habibullah Huseynov, Soviet colonel and Hero of the Soviet Union
  Rustam Ibragimbekov, screenwriter, Academy Award winner
  Alexander Kazembek, 19th-century Russian linguist and scholar
  Kerim Kerimov, head of Soviet space program
  Muslim Magomayev, singer
  Emin Makhmudov, football player
  Enver Mamedov, Soviet diplomat, mass media manager
  Tahir Mamedov, TV host, entertainer, actor, comedian and singer
  Ilgar Mammadov, fencer, Olympics winner 1988 and 1996
  Heydar Mammadaliyev, wrestler, 2004 Olympic silver medalist, world champion
  Musa Manarov, cosmonaut, flight engineer on Soyuz TM-4
  Huseyn Khan Nakhchivanski, Cavalry General and General-Adjutant of the Emperor of Russia
  Vugar Orujov, wrestler, 1992 Olympic bronze medalist
  Farman Salmanov, geologist who first discovered oil fields in Siberia
  Tahir Salahov, artist
  Mirza Abdul'Rahim Talibov Tabrizi, intellectual and social reformer
caption: Muslim Magomayev was a Soviet and Azerbaijani baritone operatic and pop singer.
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