Russia, it is not easy to imagine, Islam will shine in a country that was once the qibla of communism of this world. Russia is the largest country in the world, with an area reaching 11.5 percent of the world's territory. The constellation of history and the politics of the world has shaped the dynamics of this country. This multiethnic country has more than 150 tribes who are adherents of traditional religions. A total of 57 tribes are Muslims. The majority of Russian Muslims live in the Volga-Ural and North Caucasus regions. Significant population numbers are also present in a number of major cities, such as Moscow and St Petersburg.
Alexei in Islam in Russia in 2020, added that Islamic society in Russia is divided into two major groups. The first group is around the Volga-Ural, Western Siberia, and Moscow. Meanwhile, the second group is in the North Caucasus. The largest ethnic Muslim in Russia comes from the Tatar tribe (7 million), Bashkirs (1.5 million), and the Chechen (1 million).
THE REPUBLICS OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION
| REPUBLIC | CAPITAL | LANGUAGE | RELIGION |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adygea | Maykop | Caucasian | Orthodox Christianity/Sunni Islam |
| Altai | Gorno-Altaysk | Turkic | Burkhanism/Buddhism/ Orthodox Christianity |
| Bashkortostan | Ufa | Turkic | Sunni Islam |
| Buryatia | Ulan-Ude | Mongolic | Buddhism/Shamanism/Orthodox Christianity |
| Chechnya | Grozny | Caucasian | Sunni Islam, Sufi-oriented to Sunni Islam |
| Chuvashia | Cheboksary | Turkic | Orthodox Christianity/Islam/shamanism |
| Crimea | Simferopol | Turkic | Orthodox Christianity/ Sunni Islam |
| Dagestan | Makhachkala | Caucasian/Turkic | Sunni Islam/Judaism (if Mountain Jews and Jewish Tats are considered) |
| Ingushetia | Magas | Caucasian | Sunni Islam, Sufi-oriented Sunni Islam |
| Kabardino-Balkaria | Nalchik | Caucasian (Kabardian)/Turkic | Sunni Islam/Orthodox Christianity |
| Kalmykia | Elista | Mongolic | Tibetan Buddhism |
| Karachay-Cherkessia | Cherkessk | Turkic/Caucasian | Sunni Islam |
| Karelia | Petrozavodsk | Uralic | Orthodox Christianity |
| Khakassia | Abakan | Turkic | shamanism/Orthodox Christian |
| Komi | Syktyvkar | Uralic | Orthodox Christianity/shamanism |
| Mari El | Yoshkar-Ola | Uralic | Orthodox Christianity/indigenous pagan faith/Marla faith |
| Mordovia | Saransk | Uralic | Orthodox Christianity |
| North Ossetia-Alania | Vladikavkaz | Iranian | Eastern Orthodoxy/Sunni minority |
| Sakha (Yakutia) | Yakutsk | Turkic | Orthodox Christianity/Shamanism |
| Tatarstan | Kazan | Turkic | Sunni Islam/Orthodox Christianity |
| Tuva | Kyzyl | Turkic | Tibetan Buddhism/Shamanism/tiny Orthodox Christianity minority |
| Udmurtia | Izhevsk | Uralic | Orthodox Christianity |