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The Unreached Peoples Prayer Profiles
Russia
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For more information see the Russia profile.
The Russian Federation is the world's largest country, and was the
dominant republic of the former USSR. Its potential wealth is enormous,
but abundant natural resources
were plundered and polluted by Communism.
Until 1991, Russia had known only autocracy or tyranny since its origins in the eighth
century. After hundreds of years of czarist rule, the Russian empire collapsed
and was replaced by the Communist Soviet Union. After the breakup of the USSR
in 1991, Russia was forced to contend with ethnic minorities clamoring for
independence.
Under Communism, the Christian Church suffered perhaps the
worst persecution the world has seen in recent history. Religious freedom
is now constitutionally guaranteed, but the unreached are numerous.
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Ingush,
Jat,
Jewish (Russian speakers),
Jewish (Yiddish speakers),
Kalmyk,
Karachay,
Kazak,
Khanti,
Kyrgyz,
Kumyk,
Lak,
Lezghian,
Mountain Jews,
Nogay Tatar,
Rutul,
Tabasaran,
Tajik,
Kazan Tatar,
Turkish,
Turkmen,
Tuvinian,
Uzbek,
West Circassian,
Yurak Samoyed (Nenets).
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