The Religiosity of Modern Mongolians

Thirty years of post-socialist development in Mongolia and Russia of a democratic political system and civil society institutions, the formation of freedom of conscience and the absence of state ideology, and shifts in the socio-economic structure have significantly transformed the institutions of Buddhism in these countries. By now, we can state the completion of the re-institutionalization of Buddhist communities in both countries and the beginning of a new stage of development. At the same time other religious such as Christian enter and become attractive for many Mongolians. According the last Population Census (Mongolian National Statistical Office) from 2020 almost 60 percent of population identified themselves as religious, among them about 3 percent were Christians. Value of religion, religious state of Mongolians, it's changes and reasons will be discussed in the paper based on various survey data, including survey WVS-7, conducted in Mongolia.