MOVEMENT FOR THE RESTORATION OF MUSLIM CONFESSIONAL IDENTITY OF NEWLY BAPTIZED TATARS OF THE VOLGO-URAL REGION IN THE LAST THIRD OF THE 18th - FIRST HALF OF THE 19th cc
The article deals with the process of confessional differentiation (apostasy to Islam) of the newly baptized Tatars of the Volga-Ural region in the last third of the 18th - first half of the 19th cc. Analyzed the reasons of this phenomenon, the course and results of the movement. The author emphasizes the importance of this process in the development and implementation of new forms of Christian enlightenment, on the religious situation in the Kryashen society as a whole during the period under review.