Аннотация:The article offers a historical retrospective of interactions between Russia and the Islamic World in all their diversity, beginning from the first trade contacts of the Medieval Rus with the Arabs and Persians of the Abbasid era, as well as with Turkic-speaking residents of Volga Bulgaria. The author concludes that exept for the initial inconstant period, the connections between Russia and Muslim worlds have been stable and close throughout all the following period of time. Moreover, with time, these two civilizational communities turned into communicating vessels due to the growing number of Muslims within the Russian State, i.e. in Russian society. Special attention is given to theRussian-Turkish relations across several centuries. A complete comprehension of the relations between Russia and the Islamic World through an example of the historical retrospective of Russian interactions witn the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Turkey, helps to provide a full appreciation of the importance of joint efforts to secure the bridge connecting East and West, and the oriental civilizations with Russia.