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2023: Circulation of magazines on faith and religion in Russia increased by 4 times over the year
In 2023, the circulation of spiritual and educational magazines, that is, publications about faith and religion, in Russia reached 4.6 million copies. This is more than four times the figure for the previous year, when the circulation was estimated at 1.1 million units. Such data were published on February 19, 2024 by the Russian Book Chamber (RCP). Read more here.
2022
38.7% of the population believes in life after death
17% of the population attends divine services at least once a month
2021:15% of the population say religion is important in their lives
2017: Russians support strengthening role of religion
On August 21, 2017, the research company GfK studied the opinions of Russians about changes in the role of religion. 46% of all Russians welcome the strengthening of the role of religion and another 11% would like the role of religion to increase. In total, more than 2,100 people were interviewed, the sample is representative of the population of Russia.
As the results of the All-Russian GfK survey showed, 74% of the study participants noticed changes in the role of religion. 58% of Russians noted that the role of religion in Russian society has grown, and 16% reported that the role of religion is declining.
Of those who noted the growing role of religion in Russia, 80% rejoice in these changes, believing that this is good. 11 percent in this group of respondents say that the growth of the role of religion is bad.
Among those who noted a decline in the role of religion in society, 69% are lamented about this, and 13% say that this is a change for the better.
Thus, a total of 46% of all Russians welcome the strengthening of the role of religion, and another 11% would like the role of religion to increase.
26% of respondents did not notice changes in the role of religion in Russian society. The survey was conducted without specifying the role of which religion has intensified.
2018: Most common religious group
2016: Proportion of believing population
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2002: Map of the Constituent Entities of the Russian Federation by the Share of orthodox
1992: Leader of the Aum Shinrike sect in Moscow
In 1992, Shoko Asahara visited Moscow and met with a number of political and religious figures, and also spoke at leading universities to students.
Later on March 20, 1995, adherents of the Aum Shinrike sect sprayed sarin poison gas on the Tokyo metro. Asahara was executed in Tokyo Prison by hanging.
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980: Reform of Vladimir's pagan beliefs with the rise of the god Perun
The worldview of the Eastern Slavs, who lived in a primitive communal system, was expressed in pagan beliefs. Novgorod Slovenes and Krivichs (as well as the Ugrufins who lived in Priilmenye) worshiped many gods who personified the elemental forces of nature: the deity of the sun - Wait for God, the god of fire - Svarog, the god of cattle - Veles, etc. With the development of feudal relations, pagan religion turned out to be unacceptable for the ruling class: it was not unified for the entire Old Russian state and did not reflect the new class structure of society.
Prince Vladimir tried to raise ancient folk beliefs to the level of state religion. In 980, a sanctuary with pagan idols of all Slavic tribes was created in Kyiv. The god Perun, the patron saint of the Kyiv squad nobility, dominated among them. The cult of Perun was also introduced in Novgorod.
However, such an attempt to express the unity of Russia, the primacy of Kyiv in it and the dominance of the feudal elite failed. Undeveloped pagan beliefs no longer corresponded to the new level of industrial and social relations that had developed by this time in Kievan Rus.
959: Princess Olga asks Otgon I to send Christian preachers and establish a bishopric in Kyiv
Main article: Adalbert Mission
In the summer or autumn of 959, that is, the next year after the breakdown of relations with the Byzantine emperor Konstantin Bagryanorodny, the princess sent ambassadors to Germany to King Otgon, whom she asked no less as the establishment of a bishopric in her country. Read more here.
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