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Adi Setyo Budi asks: I will visit Saransk by next week, is there any Moslem commuity at Saransk?
Expert's answer:
Here is the site of Religious Muslim Boards of Mordovia Republic. The contact email is info@islaminmr.com The list of Saransk mosques may be useful too. You can use the following service to translate from Russian if necessary.
henry asks: How many Islamic republics in Russia and where all these republics or regions on the map of Russia? Thanks
Expert's answer:
The regions of Russia with the majority of Islamic population are North Caucasus republics, Tatarstan and Bashkiria (Ural region). Here is a nice site about the mosques of Russia where you can find a map showing the mosques on the territory of Russia and for a lot of Russian cities and towns.
henry asks: How many Moslem people in all Siberia from Oral to Far East in 2010?
Expert's answer:
Unfortunately there is no such statistics, also it should be said that the total number of Moslem people living in Russia is a question without answer. The numbers vary from 10 to 20 million people (most of them are Tatars and Bashkirs living in Tatarstan and Bashkortostan respectively).
Mike asks: Are there any Jews or Synagogues in Yaransk?
Expert's answer:

According to all-Russian population census of 2002 there were about 700 Jews on the territory of the whole Kirov oblast (Yaransk is located on the territory of this region).

There is no info about Yaransk itself (the last one is from the year of 1880; that time there were 41 Jews in Yaransk). According to the info available there are no synagogues in this town.