Demographic Changes in the Syr-Darya Region at the turn of the XIX–XX centuries in the Context of the Confessional Composition of the Population
Демографические изменения в Сыр-Дарьинской области на рубеже ХIХ–ХХ вв. в контексте конфессионального состава населения
Yessimova A.B. Valitova Z.Kh. Myrzakhmetova A.Zh. Karipbayev B.I.
1 December 2025Cherkas Global University Press
Bylye Gody
2025#20Issue 41979 - 1990 pp.
In the second half of the 19th century, under the influence of Tsarist colonial policy, the territory of the Russian Empire expanded. The development of new lands, as well as internal political processes (the abolition of serfdom in 1861, the 1905 revolution, etc.) stimulated the implementation of an active resettlement policy. Based on an analysis of statistical data from the “Surveys of the Syr-Darya Region” attached to the military governors report, this article traces the dynamics of the number and territory of settlement of the following religious groups: Muslims, Orthodox Christians, Old Believers, Roman Catholics, Jews, Armenian Gregorians, Protestants, Mennonites, pagans. At the turn of the 19th–20th centuries, the regions population became multi-confessional. The Muslim and Orthodox populations were scattered throughout the region. Most Muslims, Old Believers, Mennonites lived in rural areas. Orthodox Christians, Roman Catholics, Armenian Gregorians, Jews, and pagans mainly settled in the Russian part of Tashkent. Protestants lived in both Tashkent and the Tashkent district at various times. The number of representatives of all denominations, with the exception of Muslims, was unstable, and there was a high level of migration. The main centre of attraction was the Russian part of Tashkent, where representatives of all religious groups lived.
Armenian Gregorians , Jews , Mennonites , Muslims , Old Believers , Orthodox Christians , Protestants , religious denominations , Roman Catholics , Syr-Darya Region
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