North Caucasus Observatory

Historical adult survey, 29 May–25 June 2012; one answer per respondent. Shares concern regional respondents aged 18+, not the current population. The publisher reports 56,900 interviews overall and 500–800 per participating region; the exact achieved sample for this republic was not established. The eight overview groups are our aggregation of the 18 original response options, all retained below, including zero values. Christianity combines seven Christian options; Islam combines three Muslim options; other religions combines Buddhism, Judaism and Eastern religions/spiritual practices. These survey groupings describe self-identification, not practice or ethnicity.

• Orthodox, Russian Orthodox Church35.4%
• Belief without a specific religion29.8%
• No belief in God9.2%
• Islam, neither Sunni nor Shia11.2%
• Christian, neither Orthodox, Catholic nor Protestant3%
• Sunni Islam0.8%
• Other Orthodox affiliation, excluding Old Believers1.2%
• Traditional ancestral religion0.4%
• Buddhism0%
• Old Believers0.2%
• Protestantism0.4%
• Shia Islam0.6%
• Catholicism0.2%
• Judaism0%
• Eastern religions and spiritual practices0%
• Pentecostal Christianity0.2%
• Other response0.6%
• Unable to choose an answer6.8%