On the influence of Turkey on the national liberation movements in the Russian Empire in the early XX century

Abstract

This article considers issues related to the role of Turkey in the development of the national liberation movements in the national outskirts of the Russian Empire on the basis of various sources. In particular, it draws attention to the development of the ideas of Pan-Turkism, Islamism, as well as others, including the national-democratic ideas of «Alash.The views and opinions of the representatives of the national intellectuals of that time regarding Turkey, Turkey's relations with the Turkic peoples subordinated to the Russian Empire are considered. For a number of reasons and circumstances, this problem has not been properly developed in historical science. While writing this work, along with other sources, the materials of the state archive of the Orenburg region of the Russian Federation were used.