The end of communism has revived the historical debate about Russia's relations with both
the West and the East. Some commentators viewed the Russian-Chechen war as a clash of …

Nation-building as a process is never complete and issues related to identity, nation, state
and regime-building are recurrent in the post-Soviet region. This comparative, inter …

The confusion and anxiety characterizing the current popular debate on Islam in the West,
the authors argue here, stems not so much from the demonization or even ignorance of …

This paper examines language policy and language use as identity technologies in the
Republic of Tatarstan approximately 23 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union …

Among the consequences of perestroika and the subsequent breakup of the Soviet Union in
1991 has been the rise of ethnic nationalism. In the non-Russian parts of the former USSR …

Although Russia is traditionally associated with Orthodox Christianity it is historically a home
for a substantial Islamic umma (community). In 1788 the enlightened but autocratic Russian …

This book explores how the Volga Tatars, the largest ethnic minority within the Russian
Federation, a Muslim minority, achieved a great deal of autonomy for Tatarstan in the years …

The relationship between Muslims and the Russian/Soviet state differs significantly from that
in both the Middle East and Western Europe. These differences result from the lengthy …

Originally published in 2004. Examining autonomy in the Russian Federation, Matthew
Crosston ascertains how the regional use of bilateral autonomy treaties has influenced the …

This article aims to elucidate the role and function that Tatar elites ascribed to Islam in the
process of reconstructing the Tatar nation in the wake of perestroika and the break-up of the …