Religion
Tibetan Buddhism, Shamanism, and Orthodox Christianity are the most widespread religions in the republic.
Most of the Slavs who constitute around 67% of the population are Russian Orthodox (a large part being Old Believer). However, ever since the breakup of the USSR in 1991, a significant number have converted to various Protestant denominations. There are also some Catholics among the Slavs. Most of the Germans (0.11% of the population) are also Orthodox, so are some other non-European groups like Armene (0.23%), Georgian (0.03%), and Soyot (0.37%).
Buryats contitute 30.04% of the total population. Most of the urban Buryats are either Buddhist or Orthodox, while those in the rural areas often adhere to yellow shamanism, a mixture of shamanism and Buddhism.
Siberian Tatars are around 0.7% of the population. However due to isolation from the main body of Tatars, many of them now are either non-religious or Orthodox. Islam is followed by immigrant groups like Azeris and Uzbeks, who constitute another 0.7% of the population.
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