The Muslim Question and Russian Imperial Governance.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (318 pages)
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Understanding the "Muslim Question" and Its Changing Contexts -- Part 1. 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 2. 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 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Campbell 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.