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 Church13.6%
• Belief without a specific religion11.8%
• No belief in God6.6%
• Islam, neither Sunni nor Shia34.4%
• Christian, neither Orthodox, Catholic nor Protestant1.6%
• Sunni Islam12.6%
• Other Orthodox affiliation, excluding Old Believers0.2%
• Traditional ancestral religion12.2%
• Buddhism0%
• Old Believers0%
• Protestantism0%
• Shia Islam1%
• Catholicism0%
• Judaism0%
• Eastern religions and spiritual practices0.2%
• Pentecostal Christianity0%
• Other response0.4%
• Unable to choose an answer5.4%