Millions of Muslims live in Southern Russia.

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Millions of Muslims live in Southern Russia. Walk
with us through the Caucasus and meet some of the
people who live there. Each stop on your journey
is a prayer point.
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The Circassian

• There are 500,000 Circassians in southern Russia.
  There is also a diaspora of several million
  Circassian.
• Although Circassians speak many different
  dialects, they see themselves as one people group
  because they have a strong unifying cultural
  identity.
• Almost all Circassians are Muslim.

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Pray for the Holy Spirit to draw increasing
numbers of Circassian people to Himself.
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Pray that God would call out Circassian men who
could lead the emerging church.
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• Circassian Muslims are a fiercly independent
  people.
• Please pray for the Circassian youth as
  evangelistic teams share the gospel with them.
• Pray that they would not only hear, but also
  believe.
• Pray that they would have a life-changing
  encounter with the Messiah.

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• One good way to reach Circassians, and other
  Central Asian Muslims, is with a Russian-language
  Bible correspondence course that can introduce
  Jesus in a non-threatening way. The course begins
  with Genesis and covers the entire redemption
  story.
• Pray for the success of this project, that it
  would be well advertised, well received, and well
  used!

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The Tartars

• There are about 5.5 million Tatars living in
  Russia, making them the largest Muslim people
  group in the region.
• Due to forced conversion to Christianity by Ivan
  the Terrible in 1552, many Tartars still equate
  baptism to rape and view the cross like a
  swastika.
• Today the Tatars remain 99.99 lost. Only a few
  hundred Tatars know Jesus as Lord.
• Tatars are very slow in coming to Christ and the
  mountains that separate them from the love of
  Christ seem too high to climb.

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It is said, If you want something done, give it
to a Tatar. Because of this aggressive attitude,
Tatars spread Islam to several other nations,
including Kazakstan.
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Pray for God to raise up workers for a great
Tatar harvest. If you want the Good News to
spread, give it to a Tatar.
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Lezgis have a great fear of evil. Many women wear
safety pins on their shirts to protect them from
the evil eye and houses often have thorns and
broken tea pots hanging in front of them to ward
off spirits that might enter their homes. People
have no rest or feeling of assurance because they
do not know the great Protector.
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Pray that the Lezgi will no longer remain in
darkness.

• The People who were sitting in darkness saw a
  great light,
• and to those who were sitting in the land and
  shadow of death, upon them a light
  dawned.Matthew 416

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The Chechens

• On February 23, 1944, Stalin ordered the
  deportation of the Chechen people from their
  homeland in southern Russia into Central Asia.
  The Soviet Army followed his mandate, cramming
  the people into cattle cars. During the week-long
  journey the Chechens were not given food or
  water. Many died during the grueling journey. The
  bodies were rolled off the trains by guards. Upon
  arrival in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, they were
  forced to live in open fields in the winter until
  they could build homes.

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Pray that God will bring healing to a people
still struggling with these bitter memories. Only
God can bring reconciliation between the Chechens
and the Russians and bring a mighty revival to
the precious Chechen nation!
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The Karachai, Balkar and Nogai

• The Karachai, Balkar, and Nogai peoples number
  almost 300,000 Muslims in southern Russia. They
  are different from almost all the other Muslims
  in this area because their heart language is
  related to Turkish. In the post-Soviet era they
  now have freedom to learn about Islam. Most
  Karachai and Balkar are hostile to Christianity
  because they see it as being Russian. They were
  heavily persecuted by Stalin 60 years ago when up
  to 40 of their people died while being deported.
  There are few believers among these people groups.

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Pray for God to raise up those who would
understand these peoples and minister effectively
to them. Pray for the Holy Spirit to draw these
Muslims to Himself through dreams, visions,
miracles, and healings.
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