Open AccessIslam in Saint Petersburg at the Beginning of the 21th Century
Author(s) -
K N. Akhmadeev
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
islam v sovremennom mire
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2618-7221
pISSN - 2074-1529
DOI - 10.22311/2074-1529-2019-15-3-151-162
Subject(s) - islam , saint petersburg , st petersburg , saint , period (music) , political science , sociology , history , aesthetics , regional science , archaeology , philosophy , russian federation , art history
The article is devoted to the situation concerning Islam and Muslims in St. Petersburgin the 2000s. The paper analyzes the number of Muslims have been living then in the city. The author attempted to reconstruct demographical dynamics concerning people/nationalities traditionally professing Islam for the intercensal period 2002–2010.The characteristic of Muslim religious organizations existing in St. Petersburgis also given and explained. Considerable attention was paid to the functioning of two centralized religious organizations existing in the region. The article contains description of the main objects of Muslim religious infrastructure in St. Petersburg