Muslims in the Russian Army
Muslims in the Russian Army is the first comprehensive account of the tsarist army’s relationship to Muslim soldiers in late imperial Russia.
When Russia mobilized her army in the summer of 1914 more than half a million of the soldiers recruited for the front were Muslims from the Volga-Ural region, that is present-day Tatarstan and Bashkortostan. They were the only ones among the millions of Musli...
Muslims in the Russian Army is the first comprehensive account of the tsarist army’s relationship to Muslim soldiers in late imperial Russia.
When Russia mobilized her army in the summer of 1914 more than half a million of the soldiers recruited for the front were Muslims from the Volga-Ural region, that is present-day Tatarstan and Bashkortostan. They were the only ones among the millions of Musli...
