The collective monograph “From Chronicles to Historiography: Historical Writings of Russian Muslims at the End of the XIX – the First Half of the XX Century” was issued by “Sadra” Publishing House. The book was prepared for publication by Moscow and Dagestanian historians and experts in the area of culture, by brilliant specialists on Caucasus, the Volga Region and the Othoman Empire edited by a Candidate of Historical Sciences, the Senior Research Scholar, the Head of the Centre for Studying the Central Asia, Caucasus and the Urals Volga Region of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences V.O. Bobrovnikov.
Based on historical writings of Russian and Othoman Turkish religious scholars (‘ulama’), such as Murad Ramzi (1854-1934), Ali Kayaev (al-Ghumuki, 1878-1943), Jamal al-Din Gharabudagi (1858-1947), Yusuf Akchura (1876-1935) and an anonymous writer who used to publish his works in Russian press at the end of the XIX century under various pseudonyms, particularly Murza Alim, the authors of the collective monograph investigated the process of formation and changes in modern historical narratives of former Muslim outskirts of the Russian and Othoman Empires. They analysed the common points and differences, the contribution from the side of Reformists Jadidists (including Kayaev and Akchura) and their role in the development of national historiography in Caucasus, the Volga Region and the former Othoman Empire, including popularization of national history in Muslim periodicals. The book includes original writings of major religious scholars (‘ulama’) of Russia from 1880-s up to the end of the XX century provided with commentaries. The book will be interesting for specialists in the area of Oriental studies, students and PhD students of Oriental faculties and for a wide circle of readers. It can be also used as a textbook at universities.
The monograph “From Chronicles to Historiography: Historical Writings of Russian Muslims at the End of the XIX – the First Half of the XX Century” was issued with the assistance of Ibn Sina Foundation based on the results of Ibn Sina Grant Competition-2025 and with the help from the side of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the the Institute of History, Archeology and Ethnography of the Dagestan Federal Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
