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,

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Poles 16,7 thousand Poles Since 2005 the number of

Poles living in Prague has grown

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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.

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Ukrainians

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

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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.