This article explores the revitalization of interest in Islamic literature in the post-Stalinist Soviet Union. A broad picture of the preservation and transmission of religious knowledge in atheistic society appears in the biography of Zainap Maksudova (1897–1980), a scholar of Tatar manuscripts who spent her life collecting and interpreting the written legacy of Muslim intellectuals from the Volga-Urals region. Considering Maksudova’s experiences in religious and academic studies, this article draws attention to a cohort of specialists with similar interests and life experiences. Maksudova was at the forefront of this cohort and produced major works on the intellectual history of Muslims in Inner Russia. Muslim Soviet scholars navigated the difficult terrain between the study of the Islamic past and the ideological structures of the Soviet academic establishment. These specialists also served as a bridge between the circles of religious personnel and secularized academics. Such a bridge enabled the exchange of ideas, establishing a common discourse on the shared past.

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无神论国家的穆斯林文学

本文探讨了后斯大林主义苏联对伊斯兰文学的兴趣的振兴。Zainap Maksudova（1897–1980）的传记中广泛描述了无神论社会中宗教知识的保存和传播，他是Ta塔尔手稿的研究者，毕生致力于收集和解释伏尔加-乌拉尔地区穆斯林知识分子的书面遗产。地区。考虑到Maksudova在宗教和学术研究方面的经验，本文提请注意一群具有相似兴趣和生活经验的专家。马克苏杜娃（Maksudova）处于这一队列的最前沿，并就内蒙古穆斯林的思想史撰写了重要著作。穆斯林苏维埃学者在研究伊斯兰过去和苏维埃学术机构的意识形态结构之间艰难的境地中航行。这些专家还充当了宗教人员和世俗学者之间的桥梁。这样的桥梁可以交流思想，建立关于共同过去的共同论述。