Preface

Inside the New Russia is a reference book containing much in-depth information about the Commonwealth of Independent States and the people living within its boundaries. The book helps the reader to understand who the people of the CIS are and why they became the nation they are today. The information they are searching for.

Part One is a collection of three articles about the Russian Church, the spread of Christianity, and the Slavic Bible. The first article, Religion and the Church in the CIS, explains the formation of the various religious trends within the CIS. This in-depth article used both facts and figures to help the reader come to understand the major events of the church.

Christianity in Russia, the second article, gives a historical overview about the spread of Christianity throughout Russia from the third century to the present day. This article is filled with information concerning the trails and victories of the various Christians who gave their all for the Cross and its cause.

In the final article, The Bible of the Slavs, the reader is introduces to the history of the Slavic Bible. The article takes the readers back to the Bible’s very beginning and leads them through many bits of intriguing information about the Slavic Bible to what it represents today.

The next section, Part Two, is entitled The Former Republics. In this area the reader will find various graphs, charts, maps, and illustrations. All of these will provide quick and valuable information about the ethnic population and its breakdown, territorial information and geographical locations as well as various bits of national statistics.

The third and final section of this book is about the ethnic groups within the CIS. Each group is alphabetically listed to assist in quickly locating the group in question. Within each people’s area, information about their history, culture, and traditions are provided. It also contains facts about their national styles of clothing and religion.

Putting the three sections together will provide thorough information to assist the reader with a better understanding of the history, the people, and the CIS as a nation.