Event Passport Krasnodar Region
Social Portrait,
Religion
K
uban is a multinational re-
gion where representatives
of more than 120 ethnic
groups reside.
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A prevailing nation is the Rus-
sians who consider themselves a
special sub-ethnos Kuban Cos-
sacks who speak Russian with
elements of the Ukrainian lan-
guage. The Armenians (the area
of Armavir) and the Greeks also
live compactly in the Krasnodar
Region. Also, a significant num-
ber of Ukrainians reside in the
territory.
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Krasnodar Region
The Krasnodar Region is one of the most
densely-populated regions of the country;
it holds the third place by the population -
5,121,000 people or 3.4% of the Russian
population.
Religion
epresentatives of 32 confes-
sions reside on the territory
of Kuban: 86% of them are
Orthodox Christians, 6% are pa-
rishioners of the Armenian Apos-
tolic Church, 3% are Muslims, 5%
are representatives of other reli-
gions.
In total, more than 700 organi-
zations that represent adepts
of 28 religious trends are regis-
tered in the Krasnodar Region.
The Russian Orthodox Church is
the largest in number – both by
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a number of followers and its in-
fluence on the social and political
situation in the territory. More
than 300 congregations of the
Yekaterinodar-Kuban Diocese of
the Moscow Patriarchate of the
Russian Orthodox Church are
registered in the Krasnodar Re-
gion.
More than 40 Orthodox church-
es of Kuban has a status of newly
discovered historical and cultural
sites of the Krasnodar Region, so
they are protected by the gov-
ernment. Two out of 14 function-
al Orthodox cathedrals of the
territorial centre has a status of
architectural landmarks.
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