ახალი მასალა ჩრდილოეთ კავკასიაში ცარიზმის რელიგიური პოლიტიკის შესახებ

Abstract

For study of Tsarist religion policy in the North Caucasus, interesting material is found in the National Centre of Manuscripts (Mikheil Tumanishvili’s archive). There are four pages printed in Russian without title, by number 1248. And we have date written with pencil at the end – May15, 1859. This archival material, with its content and destination, presents the report and instruction of certain person, who is well informed about the Caucasian mountaineers. He is well aware of essence and aim of Tsarist religion policy towards the Muslims, and even renders some advices to government. They are as follows: establishment of civil law and spread of Orthodox Christianity could subordinate the highlanders.