- 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 ofEnsenada ,Baja California .Fact|date=January 2008 Other Russian colonies consisting of grain farms exist in northern states ofSonora ,Chihuahua ,Coahuila andNuevo Leon , but not all are ethnic Russians but includesPoles ,Ukrainians andGerman Russians from theUkraine 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 fromRussia after theOctober Revolution of 1917, the Soviet takeover and increased religious persecution made tens of thousands of Molokans emigrate to Mexico, theUSA 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 2008However, on a national scale, the Russian population currently has relatively little influence or prominence.
Notable Russian Mexicans
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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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