Abstract

In 1898, an uprising of the Muslim population took place in the city of Andijan of the Fergana region of the Turkestan governor-general, accompanied by an attack on the line battalion of the Russian army. The casualties from the military and civilian Russian population led to a reaction from the imperial authorities. On the basis of archival and published sources, some of which are introduced into scientific circulation for the first time, the article analyzes a set of measures that were implemented by the regional administration to stabilize the situation in the region. It is emphasized that the consequence of the Andijan movement for the Muslims of Turkestan was a change in the vector of the state's religious policy towards tightening control over the life of Muslim communities and introducing additional legal restrictions for them.

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