Russian New Zealanders Explained

Group:	Russian New Zealanders
Population:	7,713 (2018 census)^[1]
Regions:	Auckland Canterbury Wellington
Langs:	New Zealand English, Russian
Rels:	Eastern Orthodoxy
Related Groups:	Russian Australians

Russian New Zealanders (Russian: Русские новозеландцы) are New Zealand citizens are residents of Russian ancestry, which may include Russian immigrants 1870s and their descendants born in New Zealand.

Notable Russian New Zealanders

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• Alex Gilbert, adoption advocate^[2]
• Andrei Mikhailovich, professional boxer^[3]
• Anouska Hempel, film and television actress, hotelier, interior designer^[4]
• Beverley Dunlop, children's author^[5]
• Nicole Fujita, model and tarento^[6]
• Valentina Ivanov, tennis player^[7]
• Stanislav Chalaev, weightlifter^[8]
• Yulia Beredenko, singer^{[9] [10]}
• Artem Sitak, tennis player^[11]
• Mikhail Koudinov, artistic gymnast^[12]
• Victor Zotov, botanist^[13]
• Taika Waititi, filmmaker, actor and comedian^{[14] [15]}

See also

• European New Zealanders
• Immigration to New Zealand
• Russian diaspora
• New Zealand–Russia relations
• Pavlova

External links

• Russians entry on

Notes and References

1. Web site: Russian ethnic group.
2. Web site: 2023-10-04 . Adopted Kiwis trace their birth parents . 2023-10-04 . NZ Herald . en-NZ.
3. Web site: From troubled orphan to national champ: Kiwi boxer defies odds in and out of the ring . 2023-10-04 . 1 News . en.
4. News: Emma Jacobs . 23 March 2012 . At Home: Anouska Hempel . subscription . live . https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221211191231/https://www.ft.com/content/f8104b3a-6e8e-11e1-b98d-00144feab49a#axzz1tMZh6YA6 . 11 December 2022 . 28 April 2012 . Financial Times.
5. Encyclopedia: Dunlop, Beverley . The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature . . 29 October 2023 . Marquis . Claudia . 2006 . Zipes . Jack . 9780195307429.
6. Web site: 2015-08-29 . 藤田ニコルが涙「お母さん楽にさせたい」 両親の離婚…「お金に困ってた」過去を告白 - モデルプレス . 2023-10-04 . モデルプレス - ライフスタイル・ファッションエンタメニュース . ja.
7. Web site: Burgess . Michael . 2023-10-04 . Kiwi brings eastern European flavour . 2023-10-04 . NZ Herald . en-NZ.
8. Web site: 2016-02-09 . Russian Born New Zealander Named to Weightlifting Team . 2023-10-04 . New Zealand Olympic Team . en.
9. Web site: Yulia NZ Artist Directory NZ Music Commission . 2023-10-04 . nzmusic.org.nz.
10. Web site: Anderson . Vicki . 2013-05-24 . Yulia MacLean's big break . 2023-10-04 . Stuff . en.
11. Web site: Long . David . 2022-03-04 . Artem Sitak finding it tough to prepare for Davis Cup tie with war raging in Ukraine . 2023-10-04 . Stuff . en.
12. Web site: 2016-02-09 . Misha Koudinov . 2023-10-04 . New Zealand Olympic Team . en.
13. Web site: Dell . R. K. . 2000 . Zotov, Victor Dmitrievich . 5 October 2023 . Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand.
14. Web site: Taika Waititi . 2023-10-04 . Auckland Art Gallery . en.
15. Book: Bannister, Matthew . Eye of the Taika: New Zealand comedy and the films of Taika Waititi . Wayne State University Press . 2021 . 9780814345320 . Detroit . 23 . en.