national minoritiesin Russia

today

OlgaMukhortova

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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?

population 142.5 millions

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

What are the advantages of these situation for

Russian citizens?

What kind of problems does Russia meet

in its multinational life?

How does Russian government solve these

problems?

Minorities can be divided into two categories:

religious and linguistic minorities

4 major religions are «official» in Russia:

Orthodox Christianity 120 000 000Islam 14 000 000Buddhism 900 000 Judaism 450 000

Russian Orthodoxy and Russian Government

other religions in Russia

Roman Catholicism

BaptistsPentecostalsLutherans

other Protestant churches Old BelieversKrishnaism

Shamanism and other pagan beliefs

How do they live in Russia?

1 of 5 Russians

may be Muslim in

2020

Islam

Islam is the fastest growing religion in Russia

why?

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.

Saint Petersburg Mosque

Grozny Kadyrov Mosque

Judaism

Moscow Synagogue

Jewish Autonomous Oblast on the map of Russia

Berl Lazar and Putin in 2005

Large Choral Synanogue

in St. Petersburg

Russian Jews are

Henri Reznik Roman Abramovich

Mikhail Fridman Viktor Vekselberg Boris BerezovskyLeonid Nevzlin

Vladimir Gusinsky

Buddism

Ivolga monastery

Golden Temple Elista

Буддийский храм в Санкт-Петербурге

Buddizm Church, SPeterburg

Republic of Kalmykia

Buryat Republic

Ivolginsky datsan

Linguisticminoroties

How to save and develop these languages?

How to save and develop these languages?

• Mass Media

• Education

• Traditions

• Government

YakutyTotal population 456,288

KhantyTotal population 28,000

ChukchiTotal population 15,767

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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