FACTORS OF FORMATION OF RELIGIOUS SPACE OF UKRAINE: SOCIAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL CONTENT

Abstract

The influence of various geographical factors on the process of formation of the religious space and its components in the light of socio-geographical research is learnt in this article. The influences of historical-geographical, natural geographic, socio-geographical and other groups of factors are singled out. Particular emphasis is placed on the influence of the socio-geographical component of socio-geographical factors, among which the marked influence of demographic and ethno-national characteristics of the population of certain regions is singled out.