In the 1700s, Kazan Tatar (Muslim scholars of Kazan) and scholarly networks stood at the forefront of Russia\'s expansion into the South Urals, western Siberia, and the Kazakh steppe.
Kazan Tatars profited economically from Russia\'s commercial and military expansion to Muslim lands and.
It was there that the Tatars worked with Russian agents, established settlements, and spread their own religious and intellectual cuture that helped shaped their identity in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
In the 1700s, Kazan Tatar (Muslim scholars of Kazan) and scholarly networks stood at the forefront of Russia\'s expansion into the South Urals, western Siberia, and the Kazakh steppe