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Muslim communities of Russia

  • BashkirsIn the 10th century, Persian historian Abu Zayd al-Balkhi described a people divided into two groups. One group lived in the Southern Urals while the other…
  • TatarsThe word Tatar first appeared in Western European languages as Tartar, a form derived from Latin or French that likely emerged from Turkish and Persian roots.
  • ChechensThe word Chechen appears in Russian sources as Chachana during the late 16th century. This name described a land owned by the Chechen Prince Shikh Murza.
  • Ingush peopleIn the 4th to 3rd millennium BC, early Bronze Age cultures spread across the North Caucasus. The Maykop and Kuro-Araxes cultures intersected in what is now…