ABSTRACT

First published in 1987. The aim of this historical and statistical handbook is to answer three basic questions about the Islamic peoples of the USSR: who they are, where they are and how many of them there are. It is convenient to speak of them as 'Soviet Muslims', grouping them all together under a single, collective heading, but they are in fact quite disparate. For this reason it was decided to treat each ethnic group individually here.

chapter 1|15 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|25 pages

General information

The Soviet Union

chapter |12 pages

General information 41

chapter |52 pages

Transliteration

chapter 4|92 pages

Transcaucasia and Northern Caucasus

AZERBAIDZHANIS

chapter |49 pages

INGUSH

chapter |5 pages

Akhvakhs

chapter |6 pages

Godoberins

chapter |4 pages

Khunzals/Gunzibs

part |1 pages

Meskhetian Turks

chapter |3 pages

Persians

part |1 pages

Truchmen

chapter 5|3 pages

Central Asia and Kazakhstan

UZBEKS

chapter 5|7 pages

Central Asia and Kazakhstan

part 276|2 pages

Central Asia and Kazakhstan

chapter 278|54 pages

Central Asia and Kazakhstan

chapter 332|30 pages

Central Asia and Kazakhstan

chapter |13 pages

Gypsies of Central Asia

part |2 pages

Appendix: Non-Muslim Turkic peoples of the Soviet Union

chapter |4 pages

Kumandins

chapter |8 pages

Chronological table

chapter |7 pages

Selected bibliography