Russian Perspectives on Islam documents the encounter and evolving relationship between the secular/Orthodox state and the Islamic regions, groups, individuals, and ideologies on the territory of the former Soviet Union and neighboring countries. This set of unique materials illuminates the strategies implemented by the Soviet and Russian state to establish authority and legitimacy among predominantly Muslim populations in Central Asia, the Northern Caucasus and Siberia and to enhance Moscow’s influence internationally with nearby Muslim countries, including Iran, Iraq, Pakistan and Turkey. The digital archive is designed to disseminate these documents to the widest possible scholarly community and general readership. Read more...
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В каждом колхозе у колхозников имеются приусадебные участки
All collective-farm members have land plots of their own
1933
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France, Poland, and the Crimean Tatars' Struggle for Independence
Primary Sources: 1918-1937
Compiled by Salavat M. Iskhakov The history of Crimea and its indigenous population, the Crimean Tatars, has yet to be sufficiently studied, despite…
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Dynamics of Ethnic Conflict (Teaching Module)
This teaching module examines the dynamics of identity-based conflict as presented in the following 4-C model (Comparison, Competition, Confrontation, and...