Russians in Mexico

Russians in Mexico

Infobox Ethnic group
group = flagicon|Russia Russian Mexicans flagicon|Mexico
"Mexicano ruso"


caption = |poptime = Not Known
popplace = Ensenada
langs = Russians ,Spanish
rels = Russian Orthodoxy ,Atheism
related = Russians

There exists a small Russian diaspora population within Mexico, especially prominent in the northwestern city of Ensenada, Baja California.Fact|date=January 2008 Other Russian colonies consisting of grain farms exist in northern states of Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila and Nuevo Leon, but not all are ethnic Russians but includes Poles, Ukrainians and German Russians from the Ukraine an independent country was under Russian rule.

The majority of Russian settlers in Mexico are usually members of a traditional Russian Orthodox Old Believers sect, the "Molokans" arrived from Russia after the October Revolution of 1917, the Soviet takeover and increased religious persecution made tens of thousands of Molokans emigrate to Mexico, the USA and other countries in the 1880s to 1920s. The largest Molokan settlement was in the Guadalupe Valley south of Ensenada, where a few villages held onto Russian culture by the sect's strong traditional religious practices and cemeteries bearing their names in Cyrillic letters remain. Fact|date=September 2008

However, on a national scale, the Russian population currently has relatively little influence or prominence.

Notable Russian Mexicans

*Vladislav Badiarov, a violinist.
*Alexander Balankin, a scientist.
*Arnold Belkin, a painter.
*Nadia Borislova, a composer and guitarist.
*Ana Layevska, an actress


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