ISLAMIC-SUFI CULTURE OF THE TATARS OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE XVI - XIX CENTURIES
This article is devoted to the unexplored topic of the Islamic-Sufi culture of the Tatars of the second half of the XVI-XIX centuries. A tight synthesis of the classical canons of Islam and the spiritual tradition of Sufism is a determining factor for characterizing the Tatar culture of the Middle Ages. It is possible to identify the features of the historical state of the Tatar Islamic-Sufi culture of this period by analyzing the influence of the activity of the tariqi on Muslim public education, as well as on the functioning of mosques, literature and the life of Tatar society as a whole.