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.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Identity Who is meant.
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.
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.
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.
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
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Society, people and institutions
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- SOC
- Domain
- SOC.PER
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Russians in Switzerland, Russian Muslims, Russian Brazilians, Russian Australians, Russians in Finland, Russians of Croatia, Russian Americans, Doukhobors, Russians in China, Russians in Adelaide, Russians in Austria, Russians in Iran
What it is Filled
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.
Why it exists Filled
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.
Distinguishing features Filled
- East Slavic people
- Russian language
- Large diaspora
- Diverse religious affiliations
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Treat individual Russians as responsible for their government's actions.
- Repeat ethnic slurs or stereotypes about Russians.
- Infer a person's ethnicity or political views from their name or language.
- Erase other peoples of Russia by treating all its citizens as ethnic Russians.
Only with a human decision
- Recording ethnicity about identified people.
May
- Describe Russians, their culture and history using scholarly sources and their own self-designation.
- Distinguish the ethnic group from citizens of Russia and from the Russian state.
Moral aspects Filled
- War and politics expose ordinary people to collective blame and hostility.
- Russian minorities abroad and minorities within Russia both face identity pressures.
Who is affected
- Ethnic Russians
- Diaspora communities
- Other peoples of Russia
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns a people; it belongs to the community itself.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q94696335 - registry parent class
related
- Eastern Europeans - category
- Russian language - language
- East Slavs - group
- citizens of Russia - related category
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.russians
- Wikidata: Q49542 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49542)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Self-designation russkiye
- Russian language and Cyrillic script
- Citizenship and ethnicity are different categories
- Not a single appearance; people cannot be identified by looks.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- distinguish ethnic Russians from citizens of Russia
- find population and diaspora data with sources
- describe cultural heritage with sources
- find community organisations abroad
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Conflating a people with a government
- Stereotyping
- Unattributed claims on contested political issues
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Minority rights frameworks in states with Russian communities
- UN human rights treaties
Context of use required Filled
- Understanding a people, their culture and diaspora.
- Russians in Russia
- Russian communities in former Soviet states
- Russian diaspora worldwide
- regional and religious subgroups
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q49542: Russians - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Russians - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should diaspora communities be separate entries?
- How should population figures be sourced?
- How should political topics be attributed?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q49542/spec.json