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That probably partly explains why Russians took slaves from Finland after Great Northern War ... just 300 years ago (=> kidnapping Christians) and sold those blondhaired teenagers to middle east. Ostrobothnia (Swedish ancestors in Finland) were the most wanted/popular.
^^ do you know their ancestors from the deep past?
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No. Daghestan and Chechen lands gradually became a Muslim from VIIIth to XVIth c. Circassians and part of Ossetia became a Muslim in XVI-XVIIth c. Russian expansion truly started in 1722 when Peter I initiated Caspian expedition. Only Ingush people converted to Islam after Russian annexion (their last High priest converted in 1873).
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Iirc the Circassians were entirely Orthodox and the Chechens mostly Pagan up until the 1700s I believe. Then over time they became more Muslim because of Sufi missionaries came and converted them. Like the Naqshbandi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tkhaba-Yerdy_Church
Here's an example of a former Orthodox church in the Muslim Caucasus
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