Islam in Russia
Islam is the second largest religion of Russia, after Orthodox Christianity. Islam is also said to be the fastest growing religion in the country and are taking more than 7% of the total Russian population to one-fifth of the total population, by 24%. It is large concentrated among the Russian ethnicity, and most of them are Sunni Islam of Hanafi madhhab.
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Map showing the distribution of Muslim ethnic communities at municipality level, based on the results of the 2021 Russian census.
Map of the Caucasus region c. 740, Derbent of Russia was conquered by the Umayyad Caliphate
The Crimean Khan's Palace in Bakhchysarai in 1857. Crimea was conquered by the Russian Empire in 1783.
Students and staff of the Erivan Russian-Muslim School for Girls, 1902
Captured Soviet soldiers of Muslim backgrounds volunteered in large numbers for the Ostlegionen of the Wehrmacht.
Abdulkhakim Ismailov is seen assisting in raising the flag in the iconic "Raising a flag over the Reichstag" photo by Yevgeny Khaldei.
Areas in Russia where Islam is the largest religion. Islam makes up the majority in: Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, Dagestan, Chechnya, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, and Karachay-Cherkessia.
Mintimer Shaimiyev, the president of the republic of Tatarstan, in the Qolşärif Mosque, Kazan.
