Volume 15, Issue 4 (Quarterly Journal of Political Research in the Islamic World, Winter 2026 2025)
پژوهشهاي سياسي جهان اسلام 2025, 15(4): 71-90 |
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Jabbari M. Russian Tsarist Autocracy State; Islam and Orthodox Christianity. پژوهشهاي سياسي جهان اسلام 2025; 15 (4) :71-90
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Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran. & Department of Political Science , mhjab819@pnu.ac.ir
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This article seeks to examine the approach of the Russian Tsarist autocracy state towards Islam as the religion of many Muslims in Russian society, alongside Orthodox Christianity. The Russian Tsars used Orthodox Christianity as a means of legitimizing themselves. This is in a situation where the Tsars were faced with a large Muslim community and their expansionism in the Muslim-populated regions of Central Asia and the Caucasus from the beginning of their formation. This question arises: Given the large Muslim population in Tsarist Russia, could Muslims reproduce their values and identities alongside Orthodox Christians?
The research method of the article is historical-analytical; it will be attempted to examine the approach of the Russian Tsarist autocracy towards Islam and Orthodox Christianity from the beginning of the formation of the Russian Tsarist autocracy in the 15th century until the fall of the Tsars with the communist revolution in 1917, in addition to examining the results of the Russian Tsars' approach.
The Tsarist absolute state, given its unlimited power and acceptance of Orthodox Christianity as its legitimate tool, was not only reluctant to accept Islam as the religion of the vast majority of Muslims in Russian society, but also created obstacles to the reproduction of Muslim values and identities by destroying Muslim identity symbols such as mosques, etc., in comparison to Orthodox Christianity. This approach, in turn, led to the weakening of Islamic identity in Russian society and led to some civil protests by Muslims against the Russian Tsars and ultimately to Muslims joining the 1917 revolution against the Russian Tsars.
The research method of the article is historical-analytical; it will be attempted to examine the approach of the Russian Tsarist autocracy towards Islam and Orthodox Christianity from the beginning of the formation of the Russian Tsarist autocracy in the 15th century until the fall of the Tsars with the communist revolution in 1917, in addition to examining the results of the Russian Tsars' approach.
The Tsarist absolute state, given its unlimited power and acceptance of Orthodox Christianity as its legitimate tool, was not only reluctant to accept Islam as the religion of the vast majority of Muslims in Russian society, but also created obstacles to the reproduction of Muslim values and identities by destroying Muslim identity symbols such as mosques, etc., in comparison to Orthodox Christianity. This approach, in turn, led to the weakening of Islamic identity in Russian society and led to some civil protests by Muslims against the Russian Tsars and ultimately to Muslims joining the 1917 revolution against the Russian Tsars.
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Received: 2026/01/3 | Accepted: 2026/03/11 | Published: 2026/04/14
Received: 2026/01/3 | Accepted: 2026/03/11 | Published: 2026/04/14
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