Ira Lapidus, the American historian, also holds the view that the Russians supported the Baha’is.

Ira Lapidus, the American historian, also holds the view that the Russians supported the Baha’is. Although he does not provide evidence for this view, he claims that Russian support of the Baha’is was one of the reasons for the pre-Constitutional protests in the bazaars; see Ira Lapidus, A History of Islamic Societies, 2nd edn (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000), 475.

(The Forgotten Schools, The Baha’is and Modern Education in Iran, 1899–1934 by Soli Shahvar)