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According to official 1996 Russian statistics, the population is estimated at 148,200,000. ... 5% Russian, 3. ... Russian is the official language. ...
In 1996, about 75 percent of believers in Russia considered themselves Russian Orthodox, 19 percent Muslim, and 7 percent other. ... With Russian Orthodox Christianity the chief religion, more than 75 percent of Russians are considered to be religious believers. Because the concept of separation of church and state never took root in Russia, the Russian Orthodox Church, a branch of Eastern Orthodoxy, was a pillar of tsarist autocracy. ... Various non-Orthodox Christian denominations and a dwindling number in the Jewish population complete the list of major religious groups in the Russian Federation. ...
About 98 percent of the Russian population over age fifteen are literate. ...
About 57 percent of the Russian population is of working age. ... Right now, Russian society is going through the painful process of reforming itself and ridding its people of the old ways of thinking.
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