Afro-Russians are people inRussia whose family comes fromAfrica. The Metis Foundation thinks that there were about 30,000 Afro-Russians in 2013. Afro-Russians have existed since the 17th century, whenenslaved Africans were brought to Russia. Most of these slaves were sold tonobility. However, slavery was never adopted in most of Russia. Instead, most Africans who entered Russia in the Tsarist period worked asserfs.[1]