Nepalis in Russia

Nepalis in Russia
Total population
(1,000 (2009)^[1])
Regions with significant populations
Moscow · Russian Far East
Languages
Russian · Nepali
Religion
Hinduism · Buddhism
Related ethnic groups
Nepali people

Nepalis in Russia comprises migrants from Nepal to Russia, including temporary expatriates and permanent residents, as well as their locally born descendants.

Migration History

Nepalese students migrated to then-Soviet Russia and other countries that were formally under the Soviet Union. The USSR trained thousands of students from developing countries in a variety of fields. Over 6,000 Nepalis have graduated from Russian and former Soviet universities as lawyers, journalists, doctors and engineers.^[2]

Many of the students have married and settled there. After the fall of the Soviet Union, Nepalese entrepreneurs who settled down in Russia took the lead in investing in private hydropower projects and many other ventures in their home country.^[3]

Notable people

Anish Giri - Chess prodigy
Upendra Mahato - Nepalese businessman

References

Immigration to Russia

From Europe	Belarusians Georgians Germans Greeks (Pontic) Norwegians Polish Swiss Ukrainians Jews Serbs

From Asia	Armenians Assyrians Azerbaijanis Kazakhs Chinese Indians Iranians Japanese Koreans Koryo-saram Sakhalin North Koreans Nepalis Pakistanis Turks Vietnamese

From Africa	Black Africans

Nepalese diaspora or NRN

Africa

Americas

Asia

South Asia	Bangladesh Bhutan India Gorkha Pakistan

West Asia	Kuwait Qatar Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates

Rest of Asia	Burma China Hong Kong Japan South Korea Malaysia Philippines Singapore Thailand

Europe

Oceania

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