Evangelical Work of Islamic Clergy in Mid-Volga Region. 1945–1980 (Based on Tatar ASSR and Penza Region data)

In article one of the most important activities of attendants of an Islamic cult – reading sermons in the 1940–1980th on the example of the Tatar ASSR and the Penza region (contents change depending on changes in social and economic life of the Soviet and world community, modernization of actually Islamic dogma, reflection in sermons of social and moral problems of the Soviet society, an identification of the religious and communistic principles of morals, etc.) is characterized; the social and demographic characteristic of Muslim clergy is given; actions of the Soviet authorities concerning followers of Islam at regional level are analyzed