The Wikipedia article on Buddhism in Russia, stating that as of a 2025 survey by the Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM), approximately 1.4 million people, about 1.0 percent of Russia's population, identified as Buddhist, concentrated in the traditionally Buddhist republics of Buryatia, Kalmykia and Tuva, all practicing Buddhism predominantly in its Tibetan (Gelug) form. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Tertiary reference compiling the Russian Public Opinion Research Center's (VCIOM) 2025 survey finding rather than the primary survey release itself; the same one-remove standing already given to other national survey compilations on this axis. Citation
PublisherWikimedia Foundation
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_in_Russia
Source Typeencyclopedia
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This source names Russia directly: "The Wikipedia article on Buddhism in Russia, stating that as of a 2025 survey by the Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM), approximately 1.4 million people, about 1.0 percent of Russia's..."
Source Buddhism in Russia
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This source backs 17 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. As cited relationships: 5 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Spread Events, 8 claims: 3 well-attested, 4 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Denominations, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
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