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Peoples of Russia
Poles
Their self-designation is Polacy. They are the second largest Slavic people in the world (after the Russians).
Language
They speak Polish, which belongs to the Western Slavic group of the Slavic branch of the Indo-European languages. The Kaszub language is often believed to be a dialect of the Polish. Besides the Kaszub one, there are also Greater Poland, Western Krajniacki and Silesian dialects as well as Lower Wisla-Mazowiecki continuum of subdialects and peripheral Polish subdialects that are widespread in Ukraine, Byelarussia, Lithuania and partly in Russia.
Dispersion
In Russia Poles live in many regions. The majority of them live in Saint Petersburg (4.5 thousand), Moscow (4.5 thousand), Kaliningrad (3.9 thousand), Tyumen (3.4 thousand) regions, the Republic of Karelia (3 thousand), Krasnodar territory (3 thousand), Moscow (2.8 thousand), Omsk (2.8 thousand) regions, Krasnodar territory (2.5 thousand).
Dwellings
The traditional Polish peasant house is bicameral (a wooden log house, a wattle house or a stone house). The roofs usually have two or four sloping surfaces (often these are jerkin-head roofs, with two slopes that are trapezoidal and two that are triangular, short and not reaching the cornice).
Food
The Polish cuisine is multicomponent, diverse and partly close to the Ukrainian cuisine. Potato dishes are mostly very important in the Polish diet. The Polish dish called bigos is well-known in Russia: it is stewed sauerkraut with meat, lard or sausages. Tripe dishes and sweet berry dishes are also widespread.
