Russians in Spain

Russians in Spain

Rusos en España
Total population
72,234 (2017)
Languages
Russian and Spanish
Religion
Russian Orthodox Church Judaism
Related ethnic groups
Russian diaspora

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

History

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.

Foreign population of Russian citizenship in Spain

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.

Notable individuals

Further information: Category:Spanish people of Russian descent

References

Sources

• "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

• 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