New Documents on the History of the Muslim Community in the Moscow Region (Covering the 1890s to the 1920s)
https://doi.org/10.22311/2074-1529-2025-21-3-125-146
Abstract
The article describes some aspects Tatar- Muslim community life in the Moscow region in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In the prePetrine era, several local Tatar groups formed in the Moscow region, but they all disappeared in the 17th century. Subsequently, such communities were noted in the cities and districts of the Moscow province after the 1860s, particularly in Podolsk. They became widespread from the 1890s, including in Bogorodsk / Noginsk, Zvenigorod, Shchelkovo, and Mytishchi). In the absence of mosques, Muslim cemetery became the fi rst infrastructure facilities. The article, based on newly discovered archival documents, considers the history of the Muslim cemetery in Mytishchi. The life of the TatarMuslim communities in the Moscow region in the first post-revolutionary decades is analyzed based on notes from the communist press of the 1920s.
About the Author
D. Z. Khayretdinov
Moscow Islamic Institute
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Damir Z. KHAYRETDINOV, Cand. Sci. (Hist.), head, Centre for Islamic Studies
12, Kirov Lane, Moscow, 109382
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Khayretdinov D.Z. New Documents on the History of the Muslim Community in the Moscow Region (Covering the 1890s to the 1920s). Islam in the modern world. 2025;21(3):125-146. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22311/2074-1529-2025-21-3-125-146
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