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Siberia is a vast region spanning the northern part of the Asian continent and forming the Asiatic portion of Russia.As a result of the Russian conquest of Siberia (16th to 19th centuries) and of the subsequent population movements during the Soviet era (1917–1991), the modern-day demographics of Siberia is dominated by ethnic Russians and other Slavs.
Indigenous peoples of Siberia (27 C, 60 P) Indigenous peoples of the Altai Republic (1 C, 5 P) Indigenous small-numbered peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East (17 C, 51 P)
The largest ethnic group in Siberia is Slavic-origin Russians, including their sub-ethnic group Siberians, and russified Ukrainians. [102] Slavic and other Indo-European ethnicities make up the vast majority (over 85%) of the Siberian population. There are also other groups of Indigenous Siberian and non-Indigenous ethnic origin.
Geographically, Siberia includes the Russian Urals, Siberian, and Far Eastern Federal Districts. Siberia has population density of only three persons per square kilometer (comparable to Mongolia ). The oblasts with the highest population densities are Chelyabinsk Oblast and Kemerovo Oblast , with 41 and 30 persons per square km, respectively.
The demonym Siberian can be restricted to either the Russian Siberiaks or the indigenous minority, but it can also refer to any inhabitant of Siberia, irrespective of ethnic or national background. As sub-ethnic group
The Indigenous minority peoples of the North, Siberia, and the Far East of Russia (Russian: коренные малочисленные народы Севера, Сибири и Дальнего Востока, romanized: korennye malochislennye narody Severa, Sibiri i Dal'nego Vostoka) is a Russian census classification of local Indigenous peoples, assigned to groups with fewer than 50,000 ...
The word "Tatar" or "Tadar" is also a self-designation by some closely related Siberian ethnic groups, namely the Altaians, Chulyms, Khakas, and Shors. The 2010 census counted more than 500,000 people in Siberia defining their ethnicity as "Tatar". [5] About 200,000 of them are considered indigenous Siberian Tatars. [6]
Country Russia: Established ... Ethnic map of the Siberian Federal District by urban and rural settlements, 2010 census. Ethnic composition, according to the 2010 census: