Litvinov framed his argument as a criticism of "nationalistic pseudohistorians, who accuse Russian authorities of colonialism and suggest that the tsarist authorities limited pilgrimage in Central Asia" (Vneregional'noe palomnichestvo musul'man Turkestana: Epokha novogo vremeni [Elets:
Eletskii gosudarstvennyi universitet imeni I.
Litvinov, Organy Departamenta politsii MVD v sisteme "voenno-administrativnogo" upravleniia Russkim Turkestanom: Po arkhivnym, pravovym i inym istochnikam (Elets:
Eletskii gosudarstvennyi universitet im.
Litvinov, Organy departamento, politsii MVD v sisteme "voenno-administrativnogo" upravleniia Russkim Turkestanom (po arkhivnym, pravovym i inym istochnikam) (Elets:
Eletskii gosudarstvennyi universitet, 2007); S.