Failed draft laws on the Muslim issue in the Steppe Regions and Turkestan Region (late XIX – Early XX centuries)
Несостоявшиеся законопроекты по «мусульманскому вопросу» в степных областях и Туркестанском крае (конец XIX – начало XX вв.)
Alpyspaeva G.A. Zhuman G. Sayаhimova S.N. Jumaliyeva L.Т.
1 June 2021International Network Center for Fundamental and Applied Research
Bylye Gody
2021#16Issue 2799 - 811 pp.
The article considers one of the important aspects of the state-confessional policy of the Russian Empire in the late XIX – early XX centuries, associated with the solution of the Muslim question. The autocracys policy towards Islam is interpreted in the context of analyzing the content of bills and proposals proposed by officials for reorganizing the management of the spiritual life of Muslims in the Steppe regions and Turkestan Territory. The author analyzes the reasons for the aggravation of the Muslim issue in the region under the influence of the rise of the all-Russian Muslim movement, the appeal of Muslims with petitions to change the situation in the 60-90s of the XIX century the order of managing their religious life. The development of projects to reform the system of governance of Muslims in the region was conditioned not so much by the desire of the regional administration to satisfy the demands of Muslims, as by the concern about excessive influence on the spiritual life of Muslim-Kazakh Tatars and Central Asian Sarts. The proposed projects, which had the main goal of establishing control over Muslim communities, were primarily aimed at weakening and eliminating this influence. They did not express the whole essence of the confessional policy of the autocracy, but certain provisions contained constructive proposals, the implementation of which would weaken the acuteness of the issue. The conclusion is substantiated that a peculiar civil-military management system in the Steppe regions and the Turkestan Territory, the rivalry between ministries and departments for influence in the regions, bureaucratic procedures for the adoption of bills determined the specifics of the imperial confessional policy towards Muslim-Kazakhs and the failure of projects on the Muslim issue . Copyright
Draft laws , Islam , Muslim clergy , Russian Empire , State-confessional policy
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Saken Seifullin Kazakh Agrotechnical University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
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