Spring (922-1229): Trials of Ibn Fadlan: the delegation from Baghdad and the acceptance of Islam by the Volga Bulgars -- Birth of the Ummah -- Volga Bulgaria develops as an independent Islamic state -- Summer (1229-1400s): Enter the Sufis: Peculiarities of the development of Islamic thought -- 'Tartars' versus Islam: The Mongol onslaught -- Islam at the Dawn of the Golden Horde: The acceptance of Islam after the conquests of Genghis Khan -- Uzbek Khan and the triumph of Islam -- Collapse and Disintegration -- Who were the 'Tartars' of history? -- Autumn (1400s-1583): Astrakhan and Noghais: Events in the south -- Kazan and Kazimov: Ulug Muhammad and the Moscow principality -- Suyumbika Tower: Islam beheaded -- Terra Incognita: Islam in Siberia -- Winter (1583-1800s): Momentum Lost -- Survival Test: A new religious leadership emerges -- Official Ulama Re-appears

1. Islam -- Russia (Federation)
2. Muslims -- Russia (Federation)
3. Islam -- Asia
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