Russia

  • Antiquity
    2000 BCE

    Antiquity

    Indo-Eurpean people practiced *polytheism They also practiced *Shamanism which is a belief or faith and reflection as a way to self heal.
  • 8th century The conquest
    700

    8th century The conquest

    The *Arabs brought islam to Russia in the 600's they went to a place called Derbent. The first People to become muslims in current Russian territory, was the *Dagestani people. They converted after the *Arab conquest of the region in the 8th century.
  • 9th Century CE
    900

    9th Century CE

    The Greek missionaries spreading their religion in 980 CE, The missionaries spread Eastern Orthodox, Which is a *Sect of christianity. These missionaries first spread their religion to Vladmir the great who became christian himself.
  • 1500 The slavs
    1500

    1500 The slavs

    The Slavs are from modern day Poland and Ukraine. They migrated to Russia and affected russia because The Slavs formed a massive trade station in russia. The slavic language of the language family is Indo-European. which affects Russias ethnicities, languages, religions.
  • Today

    Today

    What ethnicities, languages, religions exist in Russia today?
    There are many different ethnic groups however 80 percent of the people are Russians and 20 percent are *Tatars and Ukraine. Half of the people follow Christianity. But ⅓ of the people follow no religion. The smaller groups are jews and muslims. Their Main language is slavic language