Russians in Uzbekistan comprised the country's second-largest ethnic group after Uzbeks, numbering 720,324 in 2021, representing 2.1% of the population.
[1] During the Soviet period, Russians constituted more than half the population of the capital city, Tashkent.
[2] After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, significant emigration of ethnic Russians took place, mostly for economic reasons.
[citation needed] Russians are concentrated in Tashkent, Bukhara and other major cities.
Since 2014, 200,000 people have left to live in Russia, many citing discrimination and poor job opportunities.