Territorial structure of the confessional space in Russia and other post-Soviet states

The most obvious result of two decades of religious revival in the former Soviet Union is the quantitative growth of organizational structures of major confessions. Confessional space of Russia and other former post-Soviet states is represented on the base of data on religious organizations operating on their territory in 2011–2012, as well as the results of the last censuses of population. The factors that determine the geographical areas of traditional confessions are closely related to ethnic and cultural traditions of the most numerous ethnic groups. Relatively new confessions appeal directly to the inner world of the person. The geography of Protestant organizations is reflected in-depth. They stand out by social activity, especially in areas with well-developed settlement pattern with many large cities, as well as less developed regions of the Asian part of Russia. Despite significant internal differences of different confessions, the overall density of religious communities and their dynamics in the 2000s enable to estimate the scale of cross-country differences in the level of religiosity. Geographic profiles through Russia give an overview of the qualitative and quantitative characteristics of the confessional space by regions from west to east and from north to south

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