Becoming Muslim in Imperial Russia, Conversion; Apostasy; and Literacy
Author
Kefeli; Agn�s Nil�fer
Year
2014
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Type
BOOK
Category
History
Language
English
Pages
313
ISBN
978-0-80145-231-4
Link
Last Update
15-Apr-2026
Keywords
History ; Religion ; Anthropology
Description
Kefeli shows how traditional education, with Sufi mystical components, helped to Islamize Finno-Ugric and Turkic peoples in the Kama-Volga countryside and set the stage for the development of modernist Islam in Russia.
