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1131482 . 05/21/2012 Unveiling ceremony of a commemorative sign on the bank of the Volga river 120 kilometers off Kazan to mark the adoption of Islam by Volga Bolgars. Tatarstan's Muslims celebrate the 1122th anniversary according to Islamic calendar of the first adoption of Islam as an official state religion on the territory of Russia. From right: Speaker of the State Council of the Republic of Tatrstan Farid Mukhametshin, second from right, Tatarstan's president Rustam Minnikhanov, third from right State Councilor and ex-president of Tatrstan Mintimer Shaimiyev, fourth from right, and head of the Central Spiritual Muslim Board of Russia, fifth from right. Alexey Nasyrov/RIA Novosti
Holiday marking 1122th anniversary of adoption of Islam in Russia celebrated in site of ancient town Bolgar

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islam, religion, ethnicity, traditions, muslims, tatars

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