tion, or that they do not know how to restore documents and therefore do not apply to the
appropriate institutions.
Most respondents with USSR passports are ethnic Kyrgyz (over 54 percent).
Table 7: Ethnicity of individuals with USSR passports
Number of people
1
4
1
6
5
142
7
8
2
10
3
1
72
262
Nationality
Avar
Azeri
Afghan
Dungan
Kazakh
Kyrgyz
Russian
Tajik
Turkish
Uzbek
Ukrainian
Chechen
No indication
TOTAL
Number, %
0.38%
1.53%
0.38%
2.29%
1.91%
54.20%
2.67%
3.05%
0.76%
3.82%
1.15%
0.38%
27.48%
100%
Individuals with USSR passports by birth country:
Table 8: Country of birth of respondents with USSR passports
Country of birth
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Uzbekistan
Kazakhstan
Ukraine
Russia
Azerbaijan
No indication
TOTAL
Number of people
19
203
15
14
4
4
2
1
262
Number, %
7.25%
77.48%
5.73%
5.34%
1.53%
1.53%
0.76%
0.38%
100.00%
Table 8 shows that most individuals with USSR passports were migrants from Tajikistan with
Kyrgyz ethnicity.
Most individuals who declared themselves to be stateless, are ethnic Kyrgyz (52 percent).
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