Formation and development of the Muslim confession in the Crimea at the turn of the 1980s – 1990s
Journal: OOO Zhurnal Voprosy Istorii
Year: 2023

The article considers the process of the revival of Islam in the Crimea in the late 1980s - early 1990s with the gradual return and further mass repatriation to the historical homeland of the Crimean Tatars. At the initial stage (1985-1987), local authorities, guided by the current anti-religious and anti-Islamicguidelines of the center, tried to prevent a religious upsurge in the Crimean Tatar environment, using measures of administrative and ideological influence and control. At the second sta