Orenburg Muslim Spiritual Assembly

Orenburg Muslim Spiritual Assembly
Оренбургское магометанское духовное собрание
Formation	1788
Founder	Catherine the Great

The Orenburg Muslim Spiritual Assembly (Russian: Оренбургское магометанское духовное собрание) was a state-controlled religious administration in the Russian Empire that had jurisdiction over certain aspects of Islamic activity in Siberia, the Volga-Ural region, and parts of Central Asia, including the Kazakh steppe. It was established in 1788 by order of Russian Empress Catherine II.

It was one of several religious bodies created in the Russian Empire, forming state-allied 'clergies' to manage non-Orthodox religions.^[1]

^ Davies, Franziska; Wessel, Martin Schulze; Brenner, Michael (2015). Jews and Muslims in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. pp. 49–52. ISBN 978-3-647-31028-2. OCLC 930490047.

[1] Davies, Franziska; Wessel, Martin Schulze; Brenner, Michael (2015). Jews and Muslims in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. pp. 49–52. ISBN 978-3-647-31028-2. OCLC 930490047.

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