Rezvan E. The Qur’ān and Its World: VIII/2. West-Őstlichen Divans (the Qur’ān in Russia) // Manuscripta Orientalia. Vol. 5. No. 1. March 1999. P. 32—62.
Much has been written about the fate of the Qur’ān in
Western Europe. The same cannot be said about the Qur’ān
in Russia, although the geopolitical location of the
country and the course of Russian history laid the foundation
for a special attitude toward the sacred book of Islam.
Archival materials indicate that the Qur’ān was included
in the personal libraries of such Russian Tsars as Ivan
the Terrible (1530—1584), Peter the Great (1672—1725),
and Catherine II (1729—1796). The fate of publications,
translations, and rare manuscripts of the Qur’ān was also
bound up with the personal decisions of the supreme rulers
of Russia...
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