national minorities in russia
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OlgaMukhortova
http://icommunication.ru
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The main questions
How do they live in Russia?
What are their problems?
How do they solve their problems?
What are the advantages and disadvantages
of living in multinational Russia?
A blend of cultures and religions, Russia has one of the world’s most diverse
societies –
as many as 160 ethnic groups live there.
Roughly 80 per cent of the
population is ethnic Russian
Tatars 5,554,601 (3.8%), Ukrainians 2,942,961 (2.0%), Bashkirs 1,673,389 (1.1%), Chuvash 1,637,094 (1.1%),
Chechens 1,360,253 (0.9%), Armenians 1,130,491 (0.8%), Mordovans 843,350 (0.6%)
Avars 814,473 (0.6%). Others 13,321,012 people (9.2%)
of the total population
The rest is a mix of other ethnic
groups, with the Tatars and
Ukrainians making the largest minorities
4 major religions are «official» in Russia:
Orthodox Christianity 120 000 000Islam 14 000 000Buddhism 900 000 Judaism 450 000
other religions in Russia
Roman Catholicism
BaptistsPentecostalsLutherans
other Protestant churches Old BelieversKrishnaism
Shamanism and other pagan beliefs
Russia has an estimated 3 million to 4 million Muslim migrants from the ex-Soviet states.
Most Muslims live in the Volga-Ural region, as well as in the North Caucasus, Moscow, St. Petersburg and western Siberia.
Muslim communities are concentrated among minority nationalities residing between the Black
Sea and the Caspian Sea: Adyghe, Balkars, Chechens, Circassians, Ingush, Kabardin,
Karachay, and numerous Dagestani peoples.
Also, in the middle of the Volga Basin reside populations of Tatars and Bashkirs, the majority of
whom are Muslims.
Russian Jews are
Henri Reznik Roman Abramovich
Mikhail Fridman Viktor Vekselberg Boris BerezovskyLeonid Nevzlin
Vladimir Gusinsky
The main answers
How do they live in Russia?
What are their problems?
How do they solve their problems?
What are the advantages and disadvantages
of living in multinational Russia?
Olga Mukhortova
http://icommunication.ruhttp://olga-mukhortova.livejournal.com
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