Russia
Continent: Europe/Asia
Capital: Moscow
Population: 143,957,079
% Urban: 74.9
Population Under 15: 18.2%
Official language: Russian; local languages in autonomous republics
Languages: 135
Literacy Rate: 100%
Life expectancy: 69.4 years
% Christian: 66.9%
% Evangelical: 1.2%
Largest religion: Christian
People groups: 182
Least reached people groups: 115
% Unevangelized: 7%
Russia has the largest land mass of any nation in the world. With that large area of land, people are spread across the entire land. Many are found in very remote locations and have many different backgrounds and customs. Many also come from other nations to live there.
At one point in its history Russia was a very large Christian nation. With the rise of Marxism and Communism the nation had fallen away from God and banned Christianity for a time. With changes, Christianity is now allowed.
Various republics of Russia are filled with people from other nations who bring in their false beliefs with them. Some areas are predominantly Hindu, Buddhist, Islam or some other false religion.
Pray for missionaries and believers to reach the many remote unreached people of the nation.
Pray that God would raise up leaders who will promote Godly policies.
Pray that eyes would be opened to the deception of false beliefs and false religions.
Pray that God would provide bibles in the languages of the people.
Information and stats received from Operation World
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