Yazidism in Russia
Total population | |
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40,586[1] (2010, census) | |
Languages | |
Kurmanji, Russian | |
Religion | |
Yazidism or Sharfadin[2] |
The Yazidism in Russia refers to believers of Yazidism in Russia. This community is part of the Yazidis who emigrated to Russia from the Armenian and Georgian parts of the Soviet Union after the collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1990s.[3] In 2009, the Yazidis were recognized as a religious community in Russia.[4]
Demographics
Most Yazidi habit in large cities such as Saint Petersburg, Moscow or Nizhny Nowgorod among others.[5] According to the Russian census in 2010, the total number of Yazidis in Russia in 2010 was 40,586.[5][6]
Media
The satellite channel of Lalish TV broadcast in Kurdish from Moscow and is bankrolled by the Yazidi businessman Mirza Sloyan.[5] It was launched in April 2016 and is located in the shopping mall Shengal, which takes its name from a place Yazidi live in Iraq.[5]
Notable persons
- Mikhail Aloyan, boxer
See also
- Yazidis in Armenia
- Yazidis in Georgia
References
- ^ Statistics of Russia
- ^ Asatrian, Garnik S.; Arakelova, Victoria (2014-09-03). The Religion of the Peacock Angel: The Yezidis and Their Spirit World. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-54429-6.
- ^ Asatrian, Garnik S.; Arakelova, Victoria (2014-09-03). The Religion of the Peacock Angel: The Yezidis and Their Spirit World. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-54428-9.
- ^ Omarkhali, Khanna (2014-01-01). "Kreyenbroek Ph. and Omarkhali, Kh., Interview: Jesiden suchen ihre Identität".
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(help) - ^ a b c d Chulkovskaya, Yekaterina (11 November 2016). "Why Moscow won't recognize genocide against Yazidis in Iraq - Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East". www.al-monitor.com. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
- ^ "Приложение 2. Национальный состав населения по субъектам Российской Федерации". Statistics of Russia. 2010. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
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- List of Yazidi populated places in Armenia
- List of Yazid populated places in Iraq
- Aknalich
- Duhok
- Lalish
- List of Yazidi holy places
- Lusakn
- Mam Rashan Shrine
- Nineveh, (Nineveh Plains, Nineveh Governorate)
- Qibar
- Quba Mêrê Dîwanê
- Sharfadin Temple
- Silat Bridge
- Sinjar Mountains
- Sultan Ezid Temple
- Tutak, Turkey
- List of Iraqi Yazidis
- Amadin
- Ezdina Mir
- Fexredîn
- Khatuna Fekhra
- Mahmoud Ezidi
- Mela Huseynê Bateyî
- Musa Sor
- Nasirdîn
- Pir Ali (Yazidi saint)
- Pir Mehmed Reshan
- Rabia of Basra
- Sharaf ad-Din ibn al-Hasan
- Shehid ibn Jerr
- Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir
- Sheikh Hasan ibn Sheikh Adi II
- Sheikh Mand
- Sheikh Obekr
- Sheikh Shems
- Sicadîn
- Tawûsî Melek
- April 2007 Yazidi massacre
- Qahtaniyah bombings
- 2011 Duhok riots
- December 2014 Sinjar offensive
- Genocide of Yazidis by the Islamic State
- Human rights in Islamic State-controlled territory
- İsmail Özden
- It's On U
- November 2015 Sinjar offensive
- Sinjar massacre
- Slavery in 21st-century jihadism
- The Last Girl (memoir)