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
Subjects:	Islam > Russia > History. Apostasy > Islam. Apostasy > Christianity.
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