VOPROSY ISTORII, sa.5, ss.64-74, 2023 (AHCI)
The article examines the ways of influence of state and official religious institutions on the public
consciousness of the Turkic-Muslim peoples of the eastern regions of Russia. The support of government events
and individual initiatives of the authorities with the help of fatwas – conclusions of authoritative leaders of the
Muslim clergy on various theological, legal and social issues has become an effective tool for educating loyal
subjects of the empire.