Книга: Richard D. Crews «For Prophet and Tsar: Islam and Empire in Russia and Central Asia»
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Производитель: "Harvard University Press" Russia occupies a unique position in the Muslim world. Unlike any other non-Islamic state, it has ruled Muslim populations for over five hundred years. Though Russia today is plagued by its unrelenting war in Chechnya, Russia`s approach toward Islam once yielded stability. In stark contrast to the popular `clash of civilizations` theory that sees Islam inevitably in conflict with the West, Robert D. Crews reveals the remarkable ways in which Russia constructed an empire with broad Muslim support. In the eighteenth century, Catherine the Great inaugurated a policy of religious toleration that made Islam an essential pillar of Orthodox Russia. For ensuing generations, tsars and their police forces supported official Muslim authorities willing to submit to imperial directions in exchange for defense against brands of Islam they deemed heretical and destabilizing. As a result, Russian officials assumed the powerful but often awkward role of arbitrator in disputes between... ISBN:9780674032231, 0674032233 Издательство: "Harvard University Press" (2009)
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