Siberians

The Siberians or Siberiaks (, ) are the major residents of Siberia, as well as the (sub)ethnic or ethnographic group of the Russians.

 As demonym 

The word "Siberians" is used for all people who live in Siberia. These include both indigenous peoples and the European diaspora (the Russians, Ukrainians, Balts, Finnic and other peoples).

 As sub-ethnic group 
In ethnology the term is often used to refer to the Old-Timers (Starozhily or old settlers ) - the earliest Russian population of Siberia during its Russian conquest in the 16th–17th centuries and their descendants. Later settlers, especially from the second half of the 19th – early 20th centuries, were called "the Russian" (Siberian dialects: "Raseyskie") by the Siberians.

The dialects of the Siberians were created mainly on the basis of Northern Russian dialects.
Regionalism
Siberian regionalism (Siberian nationalism) considered the Siberians to be a separate people from the Russians. Among  ethnologists there are both opponents and supporters of this point of view. In 1918, under the control of the Siberian regionalists, there was a short-lived state formation "Siberian Republic".
Census
In the 2002 and 2010 Russian Census, the ethnonym "Siberiak" was indicated as the main one by a small number of those who responded.

 Related pages 

 Kamchadals
 Kamenschik
 Semeiskie

 References 

Category:Ethnic groups in Siberia