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QAZAQSTAN TRADITIONS
Religion
Islam is the largest religion in Qazaqstan, followed by Russian Orthodox Christianity. By tradition the Qazaqs are Sunni Muslims, and the Russians are Russian Orthodox. Approximately 70% of the population is Muslim. The majority are Sunni of the Hanafi school, including ethnic Qazaqs, who constitute about 60% of the population, as well as by ethnic Uzbeks, Uighurs, and Tatars. Less than 25% of the population is Russian Orthodox, including ethnic Russians, Ukrainians, and Belarusians. Other religious groups include Judaism, the Baháʼí Faith, Hare Krishnas, Buddhism, and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Languages
Qazaqstan is a multiethnic country where the indigenous ethnic group, the Qazaqs comprise the majority of the population.
As of 2021, the population of Qazaqstan is 90% Kazakhs, 40% Russians, 30% Uzbeks, 20% Ukrainians, 1.5% Uyghurs and 1.1% Tatars.
The official languages of Qazaqstan are Qazaq and Russian. Both Qazaqs and Russian are used on equal grounds.
Other languages natively spoken in Qazaqstan are Dungan, Ili Turki, Ingush, Plautdietsch, and Sinte Romani.
A number of more recent immigrant languages, such as Belarusian, Korean, Azerbaijani, and Greek are also spoken.
Culture
Before the Russian colonization, the Qazaks had a highly developed culture based on their nomadic pastoral economy. Islam was introduced into the region with the arrival of the Arabs in the 8th century. It initially took hold in the southern parts of Turkestan and spread northward. The Samanids helped the religion take root through zealous missionary work. The Golden Horde further propagated Islam amongst the tribes in the region during the 14th century.
Qazaqstan is home to a large number of prominent contributors to literature, science and philosophy: Abay Qunanbayuli, Mukhtar Auezov, Gabit Musirepov, Kanysh Satpayev, Mukhtar Shakhanov, Saken Seyfullin, Jambyl Jabayev, among many others.