Russians in Spain form one of the country's smaller foreign communities, making up about 0.83% of all foreigners in Spain.[1]

Russians in Spain
Rusos en España
Total population
72,234 (2017)
Languages
Russian and Spanish
Religion
Related ethnic groups
Russian diaspora

History

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During the Spanish Civil War there were 72 White émigré volunteers on the Nationalist side, as well as some hundreds of Soviet advisors on the Republican side.[2][3]

Foreign population of Russian citizenship in Spain

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Vertical bar chart of foreign population of Russian nationality in Spain between 1998 and 2017
  Population (1998-2017) Foreign population in Spain of Russian nationality according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.[4]

Notable individuals

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References

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Notes

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  1. ^ INE 2009
  2. ^ Keene 2001, p. 188
  3. ^ Alcofar Nassaes 1971
  4. ^ "Población extranjera por Nacionalidad, comunidades, Sexo y Año". Instituto Nacional de Estadística. Retrieved 2019-04-05.

Sources

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  • "Población extranjera por sexo, país de nacionalidad y edad (hasta 85 y más).", Avance del Padrón a 1 de enero de 2009. Datos provisionales, Spain: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, 2009, retrieved 2009-06-13
  • Keene, Judith (2001), "Snow boots in sunny Spain: White Russians in Nationalist Spain", Fighting for Franco: international volunteers in nationalist Spain during the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939, Leicester University Press, pp. 188–214, ISBN 978-0-7185-0126-6
  • Alcofar Nassaes, José Luis (1971), Los asesores soviéticos en la guerra civil española, Barcelona: Dopesa

Further reading

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  • Devillard, Marie Jose (2006), Españoles En Rusia Y Rusos En España: Las Ambivalencias De Los Vínculos Sociales, Centro Investigaciones Sociológicas, ISBN 978-84-7476-407-9