Women's Religiosity in Border Regions of Russia: General Characteristics and Regional Peculiarities

. Religion is still an important sociocultural phenomenon, and religiosity continues to be an important context for understanding social processes. There are numerous studies in foreign literature that focus on gender specifics of religiosity, but in Russia this topic is less explored. Specific socio-economic and cultural conditions in the Russian border regions form the need for in-depth analysis of the population's religiosity. All this determined the purpose of this article – to assess the general trends and regional specifics of religiosity of women living in the border regions of Russia. Based on a survey of 1000 women living in the Republic of Altai, the Republic of Tyva, Altai Krai and Novosibirsk Oblast, the characteristics of women's religiosity in the border regions were analyzed. The study showed that, in general, women in Russia's border regions are not highly religious and are not inclined to demonstrate religious behavior. The specific regional characteristics are that the most religious women live in the Republic of Tyva, and close to them, but slightly less religious, women from the Republic of Altai. The lowest level of religiosity in all parameters was recorded among women living in the Novosibirsk Oblast.