Russian culture is steeped in Arts - music, painting and literature. As mentioned earlier, a lot of artists and creative personalities were from Russia. Russian culture is also very family-centric. They deeply value both their country and their close family members. Nearly half of Russia's population follows the Russian Orthodox Church. This is followed by Islam and Tengrism, a type of shamanistic religion of the people. Russian is the official language of the country. English is often everybody's second language in Russia. Apart from that, a lot of local dialects are spoken here - Dolgang, Tartar, Bashir being just some of the many.