Nationalism in Russia is nationalistic manifestations of the

peoples of Russia Russia, as the largest country in the world, has great ethnic diversity, is a multinational state, and is home to over 190 ethnic groups nationwide. However, demographically; ethnic Russians dominate the country's population. In the 2010 Census, r ...

in the territory of Russia. The term "Nationalism in Russia" refers not only to

ethnic Russian The Russian diaspora is the global community of ethnic Russians. The Russian-speaking (''Russophone'') diaspora are the people for whom Russian language is the native language, regardless of whether they are ethnic Russians or not. History ...

( East Slavic ethnic group) nationalism, but also refers to nationalist activities of national minorities in Russia. In 1990s during the so-called "

parade of sovereignties The parade of sovereignties (russian: Парад суверенитетов, translit=Parad suverenitetov) was a series of declarations of sovereignty of various degrees by the Soviet republics in the Soviet Union from 1988 to 1991. The declaratio ...

" Russian regions proclaimed its sovereignty. In the past 20 years, nationalist activity takes place, for example, in

Chechnya Chechnya ( rus, Чечня́, Chechnyá, p=tɕɪtɕˈnʲa; ce, Нохчийчоь, Noxçiyçö), officially the Chechen Republic,; ce, Нохчийн Республика, Noxçiyn Respublika is a republic of Russia. It is situated in the ...

and Tatarstan.

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