THE MUSLIMS OF THE CRIMEA AND THE SOVIET GOVERNMENT: A VIEW FROM MOSCOW OF THE 1920s
Journal: Islam in the modern world
Year: 2016

The article presents archival materials of the 1920s, preserved in the central archives of the Russian Federation, on Muslims’ condition, positions of Islamic leaders in the Crimea and their interrelations with Muslims in the other regions of the former Russian Empire. The author considers cooperation between the Central Spiritual Board of Muslims (CSBM) in Ufa and the People’s Office for Religious Affairs of Muslims of the Crimea in the 1920s. The article contains a comparative analysis of mana