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The Russian Empire's educational policy in the Kazakh Steppe evolved from pragmatic tolerance to systematic restriction, functioning as a strategic tool for cultural assimilation and the suppression of spiritual autonomy to secure imperial borderlands. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To examine the evolution of Russian imperial educational policy toward Islamic schools in the Kazakh Steppe from the mid-nineteenth century through the 1917 Revolution.

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

Imperial Pedagogy and Religious Constraint: The Politics of Islamic Education in the Kazakh Steppe Under Tsarist Rule

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KYKunduzay Yerimbetova BNBekmurat NaimanbayevPedagogical University

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Historical analysis uncovers imperial surveillance and assimilation policies in the Kazakh Steppe, highlighting state efforts to dismantle Islamic autonomy.

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To examine the evolution of Russian imperial educational policy toward Islamic schools in the Kazakh Steppe from the mid-nineteenth century through the 1917 Revolution.
Archival analysis of Tsarist colonial administrative decrees, state correspondence, and institutional policy records.
Evaluation of colonial pedagogical frameworks, focusing on the Ilminsky system, Russo-Kazakh schools, and mandatory Cyrillic alphabet implementation.
Demonstrates an administrative shift from early pragmatic tolerance of Islamic institutions to systematic surveillance and curricular restriction after the mid-nineteenth century.
Shows that imperial authorities deployed secular Russo-Kazakh schools to generate compliant civil servants while indigenous leaders navigated these policies to preserve religious identity.
Reveals imperial educational policies functioned primarily as geopolitical mechanisms to curb Muslim spiritual autonomy and stabilize imperial borderlands.

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Yerimbetova et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a993600636c6408cfa7ec7a https://doi.org/10.55221/2693-2229.2876

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Historical analysis uncovers imperial surveillance and assimilation policies in the Kazakh Steppe, highlighting state efforts to dismantle Islamic autonomy.

Imperial Pedagogy and Religious Constraint: The Politics of Islamic Education in the Kazakh Steppe Under Tsarist Rule

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