Muslim Question and Russian Imperial Governance

Elena I. Campbell is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Washington.

List of contents

Introduction: Understanding the "Muslim Question" and Its Changing Contexts



Part I. The Emergence of the Muslim Question

1. The Crimean War and Its Aftermath: The Question of Muslim Loyalty and Alienation

2. The Challenges of Apostasy to Islam

3. "What do we need from Muslims?" Combating Ignorance, Alienation, and Tatarization

4. "In Asia we come as Masters:" The Challenge of the Civilizing Mission in Turkestan

5. Dilemmas of Regulation and Rapprochement: The Problem of Muslim Religious Institutions



Part II. The Muslim Question during the Era of Mass Politics

6. Challenges of Revolution and Reform

7. The Muslim Question in the Aftermath of the Revolution

8. "Solving" the Muslim Question

9. World War I

Conclusion: Could the Muslim Question Have Been Solved?

Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the author

Elena I. Campbell

Summary

Basing her analysis on extensive research in archival and primary sources, the author reconstructs the issues, debates, and personalities that shaped the development of Russian policies toward the empire's Muslims and the impact of the Muslim Question on the modernizing path that Russia would follow.

Product details

• Authors: Elena I Campbell, Elena I. Campbell, Campbell Elena I
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.01.2015
• EAN: 9780253014467
• ISBN: 978-0-253-01446-7
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Indiana-Michigan Series in Rus; Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian and East European Studies; Indiana-Michigan Series in Rus; Indiana-Michigan Russian and E
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous