title: The legacy of Muslim theologians in the focus of historical analysis of the adaptation of the Islamic legal system to Russian realities
abstract: The article deals with historical development of the theological heritage of the Muslim peoples of Russia. Authors attempt to identify features specific to the formation of theological and legal Islamic thought. They research the activity of the important centres of Islamic scholarship in Russia, mainly the Northern Caucasus and the Ural-Volga region. The results reveal the successful adaptation of the legal system as developed for centuries within the framework of the Russian Muslim community a
journal: Minbar Islamic Studies