Russians in Spain

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)
Religion
Related ethnic groups
Russian diaspora

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.[2][3]

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.[4]

References

Notes
  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
  • "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
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