Submitted by greensino t3_10iv5t3 in dataisbeautiful
SlouchyGuy t1_j5ip896 wrote
A note - people of the same ethnicity are defined by sharing the same common cultural background or descent, so there's a huge variability among self-identifying Russians, they can't be separated from the other ethnicities by certain alleles of genes. Historically Russians were mixing up with other ethnicities that lived in regions, and also people who moved to Russia often started to call themselves "Russians" in the second or third generation, so percentages here are more cultural than anything else.
Adventurous-Moose863 t1_j5j10yc wrote
Isn't it about any ethnicity?
SlouchyGuy t1_j5j54me wrote
Yes, but people here in comments seem to be up in arms regarding percentages
Adventurous-Moose863 t1_j5j6z35 wrote
Well, I don't see anything wrong here. The map shows the percentage of Russia's population, which self-idenify themselves as ethnic Russians regardless of their origin.
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