The Muslim population in the Ryazan province XIX - early XX centuries: particular socio-economic and legal status
This paper presents a model of the relationship that has developed in the Ryazan province between local authorities and Muslim religious minority in the XIX - XX centuries nachale. Based on archival documents the features of the legal and economic situation of the Muslim population of the region, its class and national composition. Using various statistical sources shows the dynamics of the number of followers of Islam in the region in comparison with other religious minorities in the second half of the XIX century. As a result, given the overall evaluation of the goals and results of the policy of the provincial authorities with regard to the followers of Islam living in the Ryazan region. Thanks to loyal enough towards Muslims local officials could gain the support of the Islamic population, which was manifested in the rejection of various radical national-religious ideas that emerged in the Russian Empire in the second half of the XIX century.