Dry statistics - there are more Muslims than Orthodox in Russia today
HAMZA CHERNOMORCHENKO In Russia, more than 20,000,000 people profess Islam and officially consider themselves Muslims, including those who periodically observe at least formal rituals, while Orthodox Christians who observe at least formally something from their religion after baptism - no more than 4.5%, which is no more than 6 million people.
The results of the analysis of statistical data on the population of Russia provide a wealth of food for thought.The official consultant from the law enforcement agency of the Russian Federation shared very interesting statistics.
The total population of Russia, according to the latest information, is, according to various estimates, less than 132,000,000 people. Of these, 74% (97,680,000) live in cities and towns of urban type, and: in Moscow - 10,969,000, in the Moscow region - 7,900,000, in St. Petersburg - 6,897,000, in the Leningrad region - 3,350,000.
According to RBC, the national and ethnic composition of Moscow is as follows:
Russians - 31%
Azerbaijanis - 14%
Tatars, Bashkirs, Chuvash - 10%
Ukrainians - 8%
Armenians - 5%
Tajiks, Uzbeks, Kazakhs, Kyrgyzstans - 5%
Koreans, Chinese, Vietnamese - 5%
Chechens, Dagestanis, Ingush - 4%
Belarusians - 3%
Georgians - 3%
Moldovans - 3%
gypsies - 3%
Jews - 2%
other nations - 4%
More than 11 million people live in Moscow, including Russians, Ukrainians, Belarusians, all of them combined - 4,620,000. In the capital of the Russian State, Ukrainians, Belarusians and Russians are a national minority!
According to the ARD portal, in Russia more than 20,000,000 people profess Islam and officially consider themselves Muslims, including those who periodically observe at least formal rites, while Orthodox Christians who formally observe at least something from their religion after baptism - no more than 4.5%, which is no more than 6 million people. Over the past 15 years, the number of Muslims in Russia has increased by 40%.
There are more Azerbaijanis living in Russia than in Baku, and there are more Tatars in Moscow than in Kazan.
By the middle of the century, at least every fourth Russian will be a Muslim.
According to representatives of the National Organization of Russian Muslims, every Friday in St. Petersburg at least three Russians accept Islam. The overwhelming number of them are students.
Gross, Moscow is worse than London!