Posted: November 24th, 2015

How did Soviet Union deal with Islam and are there any residual effects that influence the current security situation/policy of Russia toward Central Asia today?

How did Soviet Union deal with Islam and are there any residual effects that influence the current security situation/policy of Russia toward Central Asia today?
Other references:
Kathleen Collins and Erica Owen, “Islamic Religiosity and Regime Preferences: Explaining Support for Democracy and Political Islam in Central Asia and theCaucasus,” Political Research Quarterly 65, no3 (September 2012): 499-515.
S. Frederick Starr, ed., Ferghana Valley: The Heart of Central Asia (New York: M.E. Sharpe, 2011), 317-361.