vietnamese 50 000 vietnamese 67 500 in the whole czech rep. they make good business 25 000...

MINORITIES IN

THE CZECH REPUBLIC

Vietnamese 50 000 Vietnamese 67 500 in the whole Czech

Rep. They make good business 25 000 working legally in

Prague, others are studying Religion – Buddhists,

Christians Little Hanoi - market They have big celebrations

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Poles 16,7 thousand Poles Since 2005 the number of

Poles living in Prague has grown

12,5% have finished college Most of them are Catholics Singer Ewa Farna

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Russians 30 000 Russians. About 18 000 Russians live in

Prague. Most often Russians live in

Karlovy Vary. They have souvenir shops

They are good students.

Holidays: New year Victory day Malenitsa

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Gypsies

• In 2011 just 13 150 inhabitants acknowledged as Gypsy minority.

• But 40 370 inhabitants speak Gypsy language.

• 30% are illiterate and most of them go to special schools.

• They were travellers, but it was stopped.

• They live in ghettos.Live in Prague Study and

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Ukrainians

1,7 percent Ukrainians live in Prague In the Czech Republic the Ukrainian minority is

developing

many peole from the Ukraine came to the Czech Republic because they needed a better life and work

Many Ukrainians have married. They have families and they have received

citizienship

Germans There are about 8 500 Germans in Prague, but

over 40 000 in the Czech Republic.

They try to keep their inheritance and mother tongue

Holidays: Easter, Advent, Christmas

Germans became a minority in 1990.