23. Besides Muslims, the most important religious communities are the Russian Orthodox Church and the Jewish community which is composed of three separate groups: &quot; Mountain Jews &quot; (descendants of refugees in the North) who account for approximately 11,000, the Ashkenazi (descendants of immigrants) who account for approximately 4,300 and a third small group of a few hundred Georgian Jews.
23. Besides Muslims, the most important religious communities are the Russian Orthodox Church and the Jewish community which is composed of three separate groups: &quot; Mountain Jews &quot; (descendants of refugees in the North) who account for approximately 11,000, the Ashkenazi (descendants of immigrants) who account for approximately 4,300 and a third small group of a few hundred Georgian Jews.