Personal and creative contacts of Isma‘il Gasprinsky with the Muslim intelligentsia of Transcaucasia

Abstract

The article is devoted to Isma‘il Gasprinsky's personal and creative contacts with the Muslim intelligentsia of Transcaucasia: with prominent Azerbaijani teachers, publishers and public figures. Based on the materials of the “Terjiman” newspaper and books stored in the funds of the Bakhchisarai Museum-Reserve, the article discovers the closest circle of Transcaucasian acquaintances and the like-minded people of the educator. Gasprinsky played a significant role in the formation of the national periodical press, new educational literature and the dissemination of the Jadid education system in the territory of modern Azerbaijan.