Islam in Karachay-Cherkessia Region During the Soviet Period
https://doi.org/10.22311/2074-1529-2021-17-4-114-130
Abstract
Based on a wide range of sources, this article shows the development of Islam on the territory of Karachay- Cherkessia during the Soviet period. In the fi rst years of Soviet power, the declared atheism did not prevent the Bolsheviks from using the religious factor to attract the sympathy of the population. The commonality of Islam and Bolshevism in relation to social equality and justice was declared, and the system of Shari‘a legal proceedings was preserved for some time. As their positions were strengthened, the Bolsheviks no longer needed allies, the religious infrastructure was destroyed, and the clergy, including the Islamic ones, were repressed. However, in the conditions of the Great Patriotic War, when the need arose for the formation of patriotic sentiments, religion again took its, albeit limited, place in public life. The sound policy pursued by the regional authorities with regard to Islam in the 1980s made it possible to successfully resist the onslaught of religious extremism that hit the country in the post- Soviet period and build a religious infrastructure practically from scratch.
About the Author
N. V. Kratova
Karachay-Cherkess Scientific Research Institute under the Government of the KChR
Russian Federation
Competing Interests:
Russian Federation
Natalya V. KRATOVA, Cand. of Sci. (Hist.), associate professor; leading researcher of the Department of the History of the Peoples of the KChR
1a, Gorky Str., Cherkessk, KChR, 369000
Competing Interests:
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Kratova N.V. Islam in Karachay-Cherkessia Region During the Soviet Period. Islam in the modern world. 2021;17(4):113-130. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22311/2074-1529-2021-17-4-114-130
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