Contacts of Turkic-Muslims of the Russian and Ottoman Empires at the turn of the XIX-XX centuries

The study is devoted to the relationships of Turil-Muslims of the Russian and Ottoman Empires at the turn of the XIX-XX centuries. The first part addresses the conditions for the organization of Muslim pilgrimage from Russia in Hijaz: routes, quarantines and epidemics, the main problems associated with staying on the territory of the Ottoman Empire, their intercourse with Turkish religious leaders, Sufi sheikh and government officials. Analyzed on the basis of the Russian and Ottoman press The attitude of the Muslims of Russia to the war in the Balkans.
The second part of the monograph is devoted to the arrival of the Ottoman intellectuals to Russia, which set themselves the goal to explore the economic, cultural and educational position of the Muslims of the Volga region. World War II has become a great test for Russian Muslims: while maintaining loyal feelings to the Russian Empire, they supported the Ottoman of the prisoners of war in Russia. Relying on the memoirs of Turkish officers who visited Russian captivity, the author analyzes their vision of Russia as a whole and the state of Tatars-Muslims, in particular