Abstract

With the strengthening of the colonial system in the Turkestan region, the tsarist administrationtightened control over the Turkic-Muslim peoples of the region. At the end of the 19th century andespecially at the beginning of the 20th century, new-method schools were opened in Turkestan, whichlater became the founders of the idea of unity of the Turkic peoples. According to intelligence information,during the study period, citizens of the Ottoman state were actively involved in the regionand were subjected to political persecution. The imperial administration promptly studied the scaleof the propaganda work of Turkish agents in the region, the degree to which the ideas of Turkismand Islamism penetrated into the consciousness of the indigenous Turkic-Muslim population. Fromthe information provided by the agents, it follows that after the Young Turk revolution in Turkestangovernorship, the Bukhara emirate and the Khiva khanate, the work of Turkish residents aimed at anti-Russian propaganda, pan-Turkism and pan-Islamism was significantly intensified. Having studied themain materials, the author carries out a comparative analysis of archival ametriles and comes to theconclusion that the subjects of the Ottoman state carried out Muslim educational activities, promotedIslam and the idea of unity of the Turkic-Muslim peoples. Their activities were based on cultural,linguistic and historical principles. Thus, this article sets the goal of disclosing certain aspects of theactivities of citizens of the Ottoman state in the Turkestan governor-general on the basis of intelligenceinformation of the tsarist administration.

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