Ludność żydowska w krajobrazie etnicznym Rosji (1989-2010)
Jewish Population in Russia’s Ethnic Landscape (1989-2010)

Summary/Abstract: The article looks at the shifts in the number of Jews in Russian between 1989 and 2010, both in the context of demographic changes of other ethnic groups and of regional distribution of such shifts. The huge swings in the number of Russian Jews in the period in question chiefly follow from mass migrations, which already began toward the end of the existence of the Soviet Union. Another factor contributing to the changes in numbers is assimilation and the ensuing change of ethnic self-identification. Between 1989 and 2010 the number of Jews in Russia shrank by more than 70%. No other ethnic group inhabiting Russia experienced an equally spectacular change. A huge question mark is hanging over the future of the Jewish diaspora in Russia due to the continued erosion of their numbers as a result of the migrations, a distorted population age structure (more than a half of the persons are over 60) and the very low average number of children in a family which does not guarantee even a simple demographic renewal.

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