title: A geographic analysis of non-Russian minorities in Russia and its ethnic homelands.
abstract: "The paper...analyzes the characteristics of 27 million non-Russians who constituted 18 percent of the population of the Russian Federation and its 31 ethnic homelands in 1989.  Utilizing data from all Soviet censuses (from 1926), it reviews long-term historical trends; growth patterns related to urban-rural differences, family size, regional contrasts in rates of natural increase, and specific ethnic traits; migration patterns; factors influencing language shifts to the Russian; effect of location inside or outside homeland; and the influences of transportation, cities, and economic development in individual homelands."
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Harris
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003469:Culture; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005006:Ethnicity; D005060:Europe; D005061:Europe, Eastern; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005843:Geography; D007802:Language; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011158:Population Growth; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012426:Russia
keywords: Communication; Cultural Background; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Eastern Europe; Economic Development; Economic Factors; Ethnic Groups; Europe; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Family Size; Geographic Factors; Historical Survey; Language; Migration; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Population Growth; Residence Characteristics; Russia; Spatial Distribution