What is Rossiyane?
{{unsourced|date=March 2022}} '''Rossiyane''' ({{lang-ru|россияне}}) is a [[Russian language]] word that refers to all citizens of Russia. They were mostly born in Russia and mostly live in Russia. It is used in the Russian language to differentiate between people of Russia of all ethnic origins and [[Russia]]ns as an ethnicity (Russian plural: русские ''russkiye''). It includes [[Tatars]], [[Bashkirs]], [[Chuvash people]], [[Chechen people|Chechens]], etc. Rossiyane have a common history and share a common Russia-related culture. In English the word ''Russians'' is ambiguous. '''Rossiyanin''' ({{lang-ru|россиянин}}) is the masculine form and '''Rossiyanka''' ({{lang-ru| россиянка}}) is feminine. == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Russian people| ]]