CEO of All-Russia's All-Russia’s Center for Public Opinion Studies Valery Fedorov
Photo: Sergey Mikheev
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1/3 Russians Know None of Ten Tables
Some 33 percent of the Russians don’t know any of ten commandments, showed the poll of All-Russia’s Center for Public Opinion Studies. Of interest is that 57 percent to 61 percent of the faithless respondents and those balancing on the faith/impiety edge know less than a half of the Decalogue.
Of all Christian Decalogue, “Thou shalt not kill” commandment is the most known in Russia (56 percent of respondents), 52 percent are aware of “Thou shalt not steal” and 25 percent know about “Thou shalt not commit adultery.” At the same time, no more than 13 percent remember about the commandment that urges to honor the parents, and 10 percent are aware of “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbourand” warning.
The popularity of other commandments with the nation is one-digit. Some 8 percent of respondents are aware that they shouldn’t make any idol and 7 percent know about the “Do not covet” commandment. “Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain” (3 percent), “Thou shalt have no other gods before me” (2 percent) and “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy” (2 percent) are at the very bottom of the list.
The trend is that women know more commandments than men – some 40 percent of men failed to remember at least one commandment, and 28 percent of women were unable to do it. The mid/old age respondents are more knowledgeable than the young people of 18 to 24 years old (31 percent to 34 percent and 40 percent respectively).
All-Russia’s Center for Public Opinion Studies held its poll April 19 and 20, covering 1,600 respondents in 153 settlements of Russia’s 46 regions, districts and republics. The statistic error doesn’t exceed 3.4 percent.
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