ISSN 2078-9823 (Print), ISSN 2587-7879 (Online)

DOI: 10.15507/2078-9823.066.024.202402.123-134

Artur E. Muratov1, Radik O. Bagautdinov2

1,2 Ufa University of Science and Technology (Ufa, Russia)

1 e-mail:artur.muratov.bgu@gmail.com

2 e-mail:boradik@mail.ru

 

Forms of Social and Political Activity of Muslims in the Ufa Province in 1905–1907

 

Abstract

Introduction. The subject of the study is the forms of social and political activity of Muslims and secular intellectuals during the revolution of 1905–1907 in the context of national movements in the Russian Empire, as well as the specifics of this process in the regional dimension. The article highlights the experience of interaction between society and government, which is reflected in the forms of Islamic public initiative in one of the centers of Muslims in pre-revolutionary Russia, the Ufa province.

Materials and Methods. The source base for the study consisted of archival documents, materials from pre-revolutionary publications and modern monographs devoted to the problem of analyzing the socio-political movement of Muslims during the revolution of 1905–1907. To write the article, general scientific and special historical methods were used.

Results. The article highlights the participation of the Muslim political elite in the socio-political reforms carried out by the Russian state at the beginning of the 20th century. Attention is drawn to forms of socio-political activity, such as a petition campaign, projects for the improvement of social life in the program documents of the Muslim party “Ittifaq el-Muslimin”, and activities for the development of national educational institutions. The specifics of participation in the State Duma of 1905–1907 are especially emphasized representatives of the Muslim community of the Ufa province, a regional feature of the Muslim movement of the region, which has taken a course towards moderate-centric views and the rejection of political radicalism.

Discussion and Conclusion. The natural result of the movement was the expansion of the quantitative composition of the Bashkir intelligentsia, people from the updated educational institutions. Despite the fact that the period of existence of “Ittifaq” (1905–1907) was short-lived, the existence of the party was due to the emergence of a legal political association of Russian Muslims – a parliamentary faction in the State Duma of Russia; socio-political prerequisites were created for the modernization of social, economic, and cultural life region.

Keywords: Ufa province, parliamentary faction, “Ittifak el-Muslimin”, petition campaign, “Muslim Society”, mektebe, madrasah.

For citation: Muratov A. E., Bagautdinov R. O. Forms of Social and Political Activityof Muslims in the Ufa Province in 1905–1907. Gumanitarian: aktual’nye problemy gumanitarnoi nauki i obrazovaniia = Russian Journal of the Humanities. 2024; 24(2): 123–134. (In Russ.). DOI: 10.15507/2078-9823.066.024.202402.123-134.

 

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