A Spartan spiritual landscape

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How did such a small number (78) of religious sites - monasteries, hermitages, and mosques - come to be inscribed on the Piadyshev atlas? 

According to a report published in 1834, the number of monasteries alone far exceeded 74. (The alphabetical list is not numbered, but counting up to 74 doesn't bring us past the third letter in the Russian alphabet.)

Moreover, According to a report compiled in 1823 on the number of churches in each eparchy (Orthodox diocese), there were 28,211 Orthodox churches in the Russian empire. The Piadyshev atlas shows only 5,507, or roughly 20% of Orthodox churches - a drop in the proverbial bucket.

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It is worth pondering too, the reasons why this small number of monasteries, hermitages, and mosques were included at all.

Does this token presence of places of worship allow us to say anything meaningful about religious life in the empire?