Jihadism in the Russian-Speaking World

This book contends that the discourses of jihadism in Russia's North Caucasus, and their offshoots in other parts of the Russian Federation, are not just reflections of jihadi ideologies that came from abroad, rather that post-Soviet jihadism is a phenomenon best understood when placed in the broader cultural environment in which it emerged.

Danis Garaev is a Senior Researcher at the Institute of Pedagogy, Psychology and Social Problems, Kazan, Russia.

Introduction Part I: The Chechen Genealogy of Russian Jihadism 1. Zelimkhan Yandarbiev: Caucasianness, the USSR, and Global Jihad 2. "Russism" and the Islamization of the Chechen Resistance: Dzhokhar Dudaev and Shamil Basaev 3. Movladi Udugov and the Style of the First Generation of Jihadists Conclusion of Part I Part II: Beyond Chechnya: Enrooting Jihad in Culture 4. From Ichkeria to the Caucasus Emirate 5. Iasin Rasulov: "Academic Jihad" and Orientalism 6. Jihad as Passionarity: Said Buriatskii and Lev Gumilev 7. Timur Mutsuraev: Russophone Jihad Songs as a Post-Soviet Phenomenon 8. Airat Vakhitov (Salman Bulgarskii): Passionarity, Justice and Sacrifice Conclusion of Part II Conclusion