To what extent did the religion, ethnicities, and languages of the Russian region change because of its exposure to other cultures
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In ancient times Russia was owned by *slavs (Present-day Slavic people are classified into East Slavs around 1700 to 1200B.C.E). The language they spoke was. *Slavic (Indo-European language that includes Russian, Ukrainian, and Belorussian ). Their religion was *animist (Animism is the belief that objects, places, and creatures all have spirits inside of them). and *Polytheism (the faith in or worship of more than one god.) -
*Scandinavia (people in the 800s that were connected with trading on the same river). The Scandinavians traded since they were Swedish Vikings which made Scandinavia bigger. The ethnicities that Scandinavia spread was *nordic(A native of Scandinavia, Finland, or Iceland.) -
*Tartars (a Turkic ethnic group that incorporated into the Mongol empire and the largest minority in the Russian Federation). The Mongol Empire brought in Tartars by beating the Russians and conquered a place in Russia called Kievan Rus which is now present-day *Ukraine and *Belarus (places that were in the USSR or the *Soviet Union (The communist party of past Russia that gained independence after a series of protesting). -
Russia and China are working together to sell goods to each other. *Manzhouli (China's and Russia's border) is a huge place for Russia-china manufacturing. It is China's busiest land port with 65% of manufactured goods going to this trade port. All of the money isn't the part they mainly wanted, it was the friendship and the new religion coming and going. To celebrate their friendships they made a huge beauty pageant. With all of this friendship going around it made Manzhouli a huge trade town. -
Ethnicities, languages, and religions in Russia today are Russians and *Tatars (Turkish people originally from the Mongol empire). The most common languages include Russian and English. The most common religions in Russia are *Russia Orthodoxy(Christianity is a more strict manner), *Atheist( you aren't in any religion, or you don't believe in god(s), *Chinese (people from *China( a neighboring county of Russia), and *Scandinavians (people from *Scandinavia (present-day Norway and Sweden).