Russians
Let an agent handle Russians as a people by self-designation, language, culture, communities and history, with sourced data, neutral language and attributed views on political issues.
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
Let an agent handle Russians as a people by self-designation, language, culture, communities and history, with sourced data, neutral language and attributed views on political issues.
An East Slavic people native to Eastern Europe, whose self-designation is russkiye, forming the largest ethnic group in Russia and living in communities across former Soviet states and a worldwide diaspora; ethnic Russians are distinct from rossiyane, the citizens of Russia of all ethnicities.
What it is for: Understanding a people, their culture and diaspora.
It can be distinguish ethnic Russians from citizens of Russia; find population and diaspora data with sources; describe cultural heritage with sources; find community organisations abroad.
Distinguishing features
East Slavic people
Russian language
Large diaspora
Diverse religious affiliations
What it looks like
Not a single appearance; people cannot be identified by looks.
How it is recognised
Self-designation russkiye
Russian language and Cyrillic script
Citizenship and ethnicity are different categories
Related models
is a kind of - category
speaks - language
is related to - group
is contrasted with - related category
In practice
Families and kinds
Russians in Russia
Russian communities in former Soviet states
Russian diaspora worldwide
regional and religious subgroups
Standards and regulation
Minority rights frameworks in states with Russian communities
UN human rights treaties
Failure modes and hazards
Conflating a people with a government
Stereotyping
Unattributed claims on contested political issues
Also called
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Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Identity Who is meant.
Definitions matter.
Ethnic
Ethnicity or citizenship.
Ethnic
Ethnicity and citizenship.
- Is ethnic Russian identity or Russian citizenship meant? boundary
- How do censuses distinguish them? provenance
Language
Language and culture.
Language
Language.
- What role does the Russian language play in identity for this community? provenance
- Is it an official or minority language here? provenance
Data Statistics.
Figures need sources.
Population
Numbers.
Population
Population.
- How many people identify as Russian here, according to which census and year? provenance
- How was ethnicity recorded? definition
Diaspora
Communities abroad.
Diaspora
Diaspora.
- Where do Russian diaspora communities live, and when did they arrive? provenance
- Which organisations represent them? provenance
Culture Heritage.
Culture is diverse.
Heritage
Traditions.
Heritage
Heritage.
- Which cultural traditions, literature and arts do sources highlight? provenance
- Which institutions document them? provenance
Religion
Religious diversity.
Religion
Religion.
- Which religious affiliations exist among Russians, according to surveys? provenance
- Are they attributed rather than assumed? boundary
Conduct Neutral language.
Avoid stereotypes.
Politics
People and state.
Politics
People and state.
- Does the request conflate Russians as a people with state actions? boundary
- How should positions on political issues be attributed to sources? action
Stereotypes
Generalisations.
Stereotypes
Stereotypes.
- Does the request rely on stereotypes? boundary
- How should the agent answer with nuance? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should diaspora communities be separate entries?
- How should population figures be sourced?
- How should political topics be attributed?