History of the Tatar community of Semipalatinsk

Shablei P.S.

75-94 p.


doi.org: 10.22378/he.2020-5-1.75-94


The history of the Tatar community of Semipalatinsk is examined in the article. Particular attention is paid to the functioning of Tatar mosques, educational institutions, the development of Muslim charity, and Sufism. Despite the fact that the population of Semipalatinsk had a mixed ethnic structure, up to the early twentieth century, Tatars constituted almost a quarter of it. Tatar merchants set priorities for the development of the local economy, and students from various regions of the Russian Empire studied at madrasas. In addition, Semipalatinsk was the largest center of the Muslim culture in the Eastern part of modern Kazakhstan.


Keywords: Semipalatinsk, zakat, ushur, madrasa, maktab, Orenburg Mohammedan Spiritual Assemble

For citation: Shablei P.S. History of the Tatar community of Semipalatinsk. Istoricheskaya etnologiya – Historical Ethnology, 2020, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 75–94. DOI: 10.22378/he.2020-5-1.75-94


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About the author: Pavel S. Shablei is a Candidate of Science (History), Associate Professor, Kostanay affiliated branch of Chelyabinsk State University (4, Ural’skaya St., Kostanay P01G2F2, Republic of Kazakhstan); pavel-shablei@list.ru