Tatar Empire: Kazan's Muslims and the Making of Imperial Russia

by Danielle Ross

Book Overview

In the 1700s, Kazan Tatar (Muslim scholars of Kazan) and scholarly networks stood at the forefront of Russia's expansion into the South Urals, western Siberia, and the Kazakh steppe. It was there that the Tatars worked with Russian agents, established settlements, and spread their own religious and intellectual cuture that helped shaped their identity in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Kazan Tatars profited economically from Russia's commercial...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253045711
• ISBN13: 9780253045713
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher