Bibliography: BIB35905

Key	BIB35905
Reference type	Journal Article
Title	Bakhai v Rossiĭskoĭ imperii : pervaia organizovannaia obshchina za predelami Irana
Journal	Strany i narody vostoka (Moskva)
Translated title	Bahá'ís in the Russian Empire : First Organized Community Outside Iran
Author	Ioannesian, IU. A.
Year	2015
Volume	36
Abstract	Baha’is, who moved to the Ashkhabad area from Persia soon after that territory had been incorporated into the Russian Empire, formed a fully organized religious community there which was the first in its kind in the history of this religion. It reached a high level of development in a region which was then characterized by an almost absolute illiteracy of the local population. The community went down in history also as the site of the first Baha’i temple in the world. The article provides data about other Baha’i communities and groups in pre-revolutionary Russia too. It considers the policy of the Russian government and the attitude of Russia’s academic and literary circles towards the Baha’i religion and its communities on the basis of archival materials.
Language	Russian
Keywords	RUSSIA; TURKMENISTAN; ISHQABAD; HISTORY
Pages	72–96