This dossier chronicles the history of Siberia and several Muslim-majority republics within the Russian Federation, including the North Caucasus republics of Chechnya, Ingushetia, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, and Karachay-Cherkessia, as well as Tatarstan and Bashkortostan. Each of these regions possesses distinct social and religious characteristics that have been reshaped in different ways to align with the Russian state’s vision and interests.