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Unity and Distinction in Russia

Russians have largely assimilated other Slavic tribes, as well as Baltic and Volga German ethnicities, with a lesser but notable Finno-Ugric component among northern Russians, particularly within the ethnic subgroup of Pomors in Russian North . They have maintained a distinction from non-European Turkic peoples and populations of the Caucasus. It is worth noting that Russians, like Belarusians and Ukrainians, share a fairly similar genetic pool without significant influences from distant groups. In contrast, many ethnic minorities in Russia show a substantial component from distant genetic pools outside of their own ethnic groups.