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Tajikistan
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The vast majority of the non-Tajik population of Tajikistan is composed
of peoples who were also historically Sunni Muslims (Uzbeks, Kyrgyz,
Tatars, and Turkmen). The next largest religious community is presumably
Russian Orthodox, the historical faith of many Ukrainians as well as
Russians. A cathedral in Dushanbe, St. Nicholas, serves the Orthodox
community. By the end of the Soviet era, Tajikistan also was home to small
numbers of people belonging to other Christian denominations, including
Roman Catholics (most of whom were German), Seventh-Day Adventists, and
Baptists. There also was a small Armenian minority, most of whose members
belonged historically to the Armenian Apostolic (Gregorian) Church. Other
religious groups included small numbers of Jews and Bahais. The number of
adherents to these minority religions probably decreased sharply in the
1990s because of the wave of emigration from Tajikistan in the early
independence period.
Data as of March 1996
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