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Islam is one of the biggest religions in Russia, right after Orthodox Christianity. It's also growing quickly in the country. While about 7% of Russia's population is Muslim, some estimates suggest it could be as high as 24%. Many Muslims in Russia belong to different ethnic groups, and most of them are Sunni Muslims who follow the Hanafi school of thought.

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  • Islam in Russia (Arena Atlas 2012)

    Estimated proportion of Muslim population across Russia's regions (2012)

  • Qolşärif Mosque

    Qolşärif Mosque in Kazan, belonging to the Hanafi school of Sunni Islam, is one of the largest mosques in Russia.

  • Nurd Kamal Mosque

    Nord Kamal Mosque in Norilsk, the world's northernmost mosque.

  • Carlo Bossoli Khanpalast von Bachcisaraj 1857

    The Crimean Khan's Palace in Bakhchysarai in 1857. Crimea was conquered by the Russian Empire in 1783.

  • Башкиры в Париже

    Bashkirs in Paris during the Napoleonic Wars, 1814

  • Штурм аула Салта

    Fighting in the mountains of Dagestan during the Murid War

  • Muslim Girls School Erivan

    Students and staff of the Erivan Russian-Muslim School for Girls, 1902

  • Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-295-1560-22, Nordfrankreich, Turkmenische Freiwillige

    Captured Soviet soldiers of Muslim backgrounds volunteered in large numbers for the Ostlegionen of the Wehrmacht during World War II.

  • Islam in Russia

    Areas in Russia where Islam is the largest religion. Islam makes up the majority in: Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, Dagestan, Chechnya, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia.

  • RIAN archive 320886 Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov in the Kul Sharif Mosque during his visit to Tatarstan

    Mintimer Shaimiyev, the president of the republic of Tatarstan, in the Qolşärif Mosque, Kazan.

  • The opening of the Moscow Cathedral Mosque (2015-09-23) 12

    Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan opened Moscow's Cathedral Mosque, 23 September 2015.

  • RIAN archive 908389 Victory Day parade in Russian Regions

    Chechen World War II veterans during celebrations on the 66th anniversary of victory in the Second World War.

  • Memorial mosque

    Memorial Mosque in Moscow

  • Mosque SPB

    Saint Petersburg Mosque

  • Белая мечеть-1

    White Mosque of Astrakhan

  • Mechet 25 prorokov

    Mosque of Twenty-Five Prophets in Ufa, Bashkortostan

  • Makhachkala mosque 5

    Grand Mosque of Makhachkala in Makhachkala, Dagestan

  • Izhevsk Mosque-1

    Mosque in Izhevsk, Udmurtia

  • Якутск. Мечеть

    Mosque in Yakutsk, Yakutia

  • Akhmad Kadyrov Mosque, Grozny, Chechnya, Russia

    Mosque in Grozny, Chechnya

  • Иркутск. Соломатинская улица Мечеть 1906г

    Tatar mosque in Irkutsk, Siberia, 1906

  • Noyabırsk yamal i nenitski otonom bölgesinin en büyük şehiri rusyanında petrol ve gaz yataklarınında merkezi -62derece sıcaklık by ismail soytekinoğlu - panoramio

    Mosque in Noyabrsk in Siberia's Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, where Muslims make up 18% of the total population.

  • Moscow Cathedral Mosque 2015-08

    Moscow Cathedral Mosque

  • Town of Karachaevsk central mosque. Russia, Karachaevo-Cherkessia

    Central mosque of Karachaevsk, Karachaevo-Cherkessia

  • Lala Tulpan

    Lala Tulpan in Ufa, Bashkortostan

  • Perm asv2019-05 img48 Cathedral Mosque

    Perm Mosque, Perm Krai

  • Башня Сююмбике, вид с Преображенской башни

    Qolşärif Mosque, Kazan, Tatarstan

  • Korovin kazan

    Ivan the Terrible subjugated the Tatars and forcibly converted some of them to Christianity.

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