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Instruction using the Arabic script in traditional qadim schools fostered a resilient cognitive framework that preserved Islamic religious identity against Russian Orthodox missionary efforts and enabled early Kazakh intellectuals to negotiate colonial diglossia. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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Analyze the spiritual-cognitive resilience of traditional Islamic educational institutions in response to Russian imperial policies of Orthodoxization, Russification, and colonial diglossia.

September 3, 2026Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern EuropeOpen Access

Consciousness Under Dual Pressure: Colonial Diglossia, Orthodox Missionary Activity, and Islamic Cultural Resilience in Late Imperial Kazakhstan

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Analyze the spiritual-cognitive resilience of traditional Islamic educational institutions in response to Russian imperial policies of Orthodoxization, Russification, and colonial diglossia.
Applied an interdisciplinary analytical framework combining the sociology of religion, postcolonial theory, and psycholinguistics.
Evaluated historical administrative educational policies, specifically the Ilminsky pedagogical system, alongside traditional Arabic-script qadim schooling.
Pedagogical instruction in the Arabic script within traditional qadim schools established a durable cognitive framework that preserved Islamic religious identity against colonial assimilation.
The emerging Alash intelligentsia strategically adapted to colonial diglossia by synthesizing administrative Russian bilingualism with a distinct Islamic-national identity.

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AAAigerim AliaskarL. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University

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Historical sociolinguistic analysis reveals Islamic educational resilience against colonial diglossia in late imperial Kazakh society, highlighting how bilingual elites preserved cultural identity.

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Aigerim Aliaskar (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a993586636c6408cfa7dcf3 https://doi.org/10.55221/2693-2229.2879

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Historical sociolinguistic analysis reveals Islamic educational resilience against colonial diglossia in late imperial Kazakh society, highlighting how bilingual elites preserved cultural identity.

Consciousness Under Dual Pressure: Colonial Diglossia, Orthodox Missionary Activity, and Islamic Cultural Resilience in Late Imperial Kazakhstan

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Consciousness Under Dual Pressure: Colonial Diglossia, Orthodox Missionary Activity, and Islamic Cultural Resilience in Late Imperial Kazakhstan

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