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Reported Drop in Number of Atheists in Russia
MOSCOW. Nov 8 (Interfax) - Russian society is becoming evermore religious,
head of social department at the Social Designing Institute Mikhail Tarusin
said.
"The process of exploring the religious space in Russia is so intensive that
itis difficult to find any parallels in history," the sociologist said at a
press conference in Moscow.
The Stratification of Modern Russian Society study, with the participation of
15,000 people, showed that the number of atheists has halved over the past 15
years, he said.
According to his forecast, the number of people belonging to a congregation
will increase several times over both in Orthodoxy and Islam over the next 25 -
30 years.
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