Becoming Muslim in Imperial Russia conversion, apostasy, and literacy

In the nineteenth century, the Russian Empire's Middle Volga region (today's Tatarstan) was the site of a prolonged struggle between Russian Orthodoxy and Islam, each of which sought to solidify its influence among the frontier's mix of Turkic, Finno-Ugric, and Slavic peoples. Of part...

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Main Author: Kefeli, Agnes (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, New York Cornell University Press 2014
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Call Number :DK 34.M8 K44 2014

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