San Javier - Hommage aux immigrants russes

Russian Uruguayans are people born in

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who live in

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or Uruguay-born people of Russian descent. They are a local

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Overview

The most important places in Uruguay with a strong presence of people of Russian descent are: * San Javier, which has the largest population of persons of Russian descent *

Colonia Ofir Colonia Ofir is a Russian rural settlement in Río Negro Department, Uruguay. Established in 1966, it is made up of Old Believers, very protective of their religious traditions. See also *Russians in Uruguay Russian Uruguayans are people born in ...

, a settlement of

Old Believers Old Believers or Old Ritualists, ''starovery'' or ''staroobryadtsy'' are Eastern Orthodox Christians who maintain the liturgical and ritual practices of the Russian Orthodox Church as they were before the reforms of Patriarch Nikon of Moscow bet ...

There is a small Russian presence in

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, where there can be found the only Russian Orthodox church in Uruguay. Also among the Jewish Uruguayan community there are some people of Russian-Jewish descent.

Notable Russian Uruguayans

Vasiliy Semionovitch Lubkov New Israel (Новый Израиль) was one of the Sektanstvo (sectarian) new religious movements that grew and expanded in the Russian Empire in the late 19th to early 20th century, a branch of the ''Postniki'' (fasters). The movement was th ...

, cleric, spiritual leader of

New Israel New Israel (Новый Израиль) was one of the Sektanstvo (sectarian) new religious movements that grew and expanded in the Russian Empire in the late 19th to early 20th century, a branch of the ''Postniki'' (fasters). The movement was th ...

Vladimir Roslik Vladimir Roslik (c. 1941 – c. 1984) was a doctor arrested and killed during the Uruguayan military dictatorship of 1973–1985. He was the last victim to die under torture during this dictatorship prior to the return of democracy in 1985. R ...

, physician, victim of the military dictatorship *

José Serebrier José Serebrier (born 3 December 1938) is a Uruguayan conductor and composer. He is one of the most recorded conductors of his generation. Early life Serebrier was born in Montevideo to Russian and Polish parents of Jewish extraction. He fi ...

, conductor and composer * Alejandro Stock, artist *

Volf Roitman Volf Roitman (Russian: Волф Ройтман) (30 December 1930 in Montevideo, Uruguay – 25 April 2010) was a painter, sculptor and architect, sometimes referred to as a Renaissance Man, the son of Jewish Russian/Romanian parents. He gr ...

, painter, sculptor, and architect

References

External links

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Russians in Uruguay, Part 1. 18.09.2009

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