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con t e n t s

List of Maps viii

Preface: Sources and Maps ix

Introduction: Russia as a Crossroads of the Global Hajj 1

1 Imperialism through Islamic Networks 17

2 Mapping the Hajj, Integrating Muslims 47

3 Forging a Russian Hajj Route 86

4 The Hajj and Religious Politics after 1905 120

5 The Hajj and Socialist Revolution 157

Conclusion: Russian Hajj in the Twenty-First Century 183

Acknowledgments 187

Abbreviations 191

Notes 193

Bibliography 219

Index 233