Islam in the Soviet Union: From the Second World War to Gorbachev

by Yaacov Ro'i

In the most detailed historical study of Islam under post-war Soviet communism yet published--and the first to be based largely on official Soviet archival material available only since the demise of the Soviet Union--Ro'i surveys all aspects of the Muslim faith that relate to the Soviet domestic scene. In the process, the author illuminates the often uneasy coexistence of government and religion, demonstrating how and why Islam survived in the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231119542
• ISBN13: 9780231119542
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 600 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 5.9" x 8.8"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher