On the religious frontier
Subtitle: tsarist Russia and Islam in the Caucasus
By: Firouzeh Mostashari
Publisher: I.B. Tauris
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
ISBN-13: 9781784539184
Copyright date: 2006
Subjects: Islam and state; Religion; Relations; History
Description: Modern Russia's turbulent relations with its Muslim frontiers date back centuries. Indeed the nineteenth century, when the Muslim Caucasus first came under Russian rule, witnessed many of the historical antecedents to today's violent confrontations. With this in mind, On The Religious Frontier examines the history of Muslim Azerbaijan under Christian Orthodox Russian imperial rule and the attempts of the Russian administrators of the Caucasus to integrate the region into the empire. Drawing on original archival research from across Azerbaijan and Russia, Firouzeh Mostashari considers the formation of a Russian colonial administration in the Muslim Caucasus; subsequent social, political and economic developments; and the local responses to conquest, military rule and Russification. From 1804 to the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, On The Religious Frontier offers a fascinating and timely insight into both the period itself and the ways in which the seeds of recent conflict were sown in tsarist Russia. This is important reading for all scholars of the history and politics of the Caucasus, as well as those with an interest in imperial Russia and its relationship with minority groups.
Notes: "Hardback edition first published in 2006"--Title-page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-185) and index.
Table of contents: title: Russian colonialism : the case of the Muslim Caucasus; title: The "civilizing mission" and Russian conquest of the Caucasus, 1804-1828; title: Imperial dilemmas and resistance to colonization, 1828-1840; title: Tsarist colonization policy and Christianizing the Caucasus; title: The making of the Caucasian administration, 1840-1881; title: The Muslim Caucasus and the great reforms; title: Tsarist social policy and the Muslim elite; title: Officialdom, Russification, and revolution, 1881-1917; title: Muslim society and its response to Russification; title: Azerbaijani intelligensia, nationalism, and revolution.