Seeking a Place for Islam in Post-Soviet Russia

• Authors: Zuzana Rozkošová , Ľubomír Čech

Title variants

PL

Poszukiwanie miejsca dla islamu w poradzieckiej Rosji

Abstracts

PL

Jedną z głównych cech transformacji postsowieckiej było odrodzenie religijne. Celem tego artykułu jest analiza postsowieckiego odrodzenia islamu w latach 90. XX wieku. Przebudzenie islamu i poszukiwanie miejsca dla muzułmanów w społeczeństwie znacząco wpłynęło na ukształtowanie się dzisiejszej Federacji Rosyjskiej. Autorzy badają czynniki, które wpłynęły na rolę islamu w nowo powstałej postsowieckiej Rosji oraz reakcję władz federalnych na powstałą dynamikę zmian. Artykuł podzielony jest na dwie części. Pierwsza część dotyczy odrodzenia islamu po rozpadzie Związku Radzieckiego. Drugi rozdział koncentruje się na reakcji Kremla na nowe radykalne ruchy, które pojawiły się w okresie przebudzenia islamu i nastrojów separatystycznych w muzułmańskich regionach Rosji. Posługując się jakościową metodą badawczą, autorzy doszli do wniosku, że radykalizację islamską w postsowieckiej Rosji spowodowało kilka czynników zewnętrznych i wewnętrznych. Wydarzenia polityczne w Federacji Rosyjskiej od drugiej połowy lat 90. do początku XXI w. charakteryzowały ograniczenia wolności wyznania i utrwalenie federalizmu.

EN

One of the main characteristics of the post-Soviet transformation was the religious resurgence. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the post-Soviet Islamic revival in the 1990s. The awakening of Islam and seeking the place for Muslims in the society significantly influenced the formation of today’s Russian Federation. The authors examine the factors that influenced the role of Islam in newly created post-Soviet Russia and the federal government’s response to its dynamics. The paper is divided into two parts. The first part deals with the Islamic revival after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The second chapter is focused on the Kremlin’s reaction to new radical movements that emerged during the Islamic awakening and the separatist sentiments in Russia’s Muslim regions. Using the qualitative research method, the authors drew a conclusion that Islamic radicalisation in post-Soviet Russia was caused by several external and internal factors. The political developments in the Russian Federation between the second half of the 1990s and the early 21st century were characterised by restrictions on religious freedom and consolidation of federalism.

Keywords

EN

Russian Federation; Islamic revival; radicalism; Chechnya

PL

Federacja Rosyjska; odrodzenie islamskie; radykalizm; Czeczenia

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Przegląd Strategiczny
• Year: 2021
• Issue: 14
• Pages: 183-197

Dates

published

2021

Contributors

author

Zuzana Rozkošová

• University of Economics in Bratislava

• https://orcid.org/0000000315172852

author

Ľubomír Čech

• University of Economics in Bratislava

• https://orcid.org/0000000284069480

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Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/ps.2021.1.11

Biblioteka Nauki

2042452