History Hash Outs | Governing Muslims: Law and the Making of Russian Imperial Rule in Crimea, 1783–1850
Dilyara Agisheva, Adjunct, History Department, AUC & Research Fellow at Max-Weber Kolleg, University of Erfurt
Abstract: Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 1783 brought a predominantly Muslim territory, formerly connected to the Ottoman Empire, under the authority of an expanding empire. Although Catherine II promised to protect the religion, property, and institutions of her new subjects, ann...