Russians in Brazil

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Russian Brazilian
Russo-brasileiro  · Русский бразилец
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Notable Russian Brazilians:

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Total population
200,000 Brazilians with Russian ancestry[1]
Regions with significant populations
Brazil:

Mainly Southern and Southeastern Brazil

Languages

Brazilian Portuguese, Russian

Religion

Mainly Russian Orthodox Church,
Roman Catholicism, some Protestantism,
Judaism, Irreligion, Neopaganism, Spiritism.

Related ethnic groups

Other Russian and Brazilian people
Other East European or Orthodox White Brazilians as Latvian, Ukrainian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Croatian, other Yugoslav, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Greek and Armenian Brazilians, and also most of Ashkenazi Jewish Brazilians

Russian Brazilian (Portuguese: Russo-brasileiro, Russian: Русский бразилец Russkiy brazilets) is a Brazilian person of full, partial, or predominantly Russian ancestry, or a Russian-born person residing in Brazil. The term can also refer to somomeone with a Brazilian mother and Russian father, or vice versa.

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