Ruska Roma

'Roma Soldiers'),[1] are the largest subgroup of Romani people in Russia and Belarus,[2] with smaller remnants of the group living in Ukraine, Latvia, Poland, the United States, France, and Canada.

They formed in the Northwestern part of the Russian Empire from the Polska Roma who immigrated to the country in the 18th century.

For example, Pskovska Roma (from Pskov), Smolyaki (from Smolensk), Siberyaki (Siberian), Zabaykaltsi (Transbaikalian) and Bobri (beavers).

[2] Judging by the language of Russian Roma, their ancestors spent time in Germany and Poland before coming to the East Slavic territories.

For instance, Scottish traveler John Bell wrote about Roma arrivals from Poland, sent away from the Tobolsk region in 1721.