Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / Religious Migration: the History of Missionary Work in Siberia

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Issue
Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2018 11 (8)
Authors
Artamonova, Nadeghda Ia.; Asochakova, Valentina N.; Chistanova, Svetlana S.
Contact information
Artamonova, Nadeghda Ia.: Katanov State University of Khakassia 90 Lenin Str., Abakan, 655017, Khakassia; ; Asochakova, Valentina N.: Katanov State University of Khakassia 90 Lenin Str., Abakan, 655017, Khakassia; ; Chistanova, Svetlana S.: Katanov State University of Khakassia 90 Lenin Str., Abakan, 655017, Khakassia
Keywords
missionary work; religious migration; settlement of Siberia; Orthodoxy; Christianization
Abstract

The article analyses missionary work as a form of religious migration. The settlement of Siberia by Russians was the most important geopolitical and economic task of the Russian government. In this process Christianization of the native population of Siberia was very important. From the 17th to the 20th century the state policy towards Siberia was changing, as well as the forms and methods of dissemination of Orthodoxy among the native Siberian people. The article describes in details six stages in the state policy of Christianization, from the first acquaintance with the Orthodoxy to the transition to the policy of Russification. Each Siberian region in Russia has passed several stages: actual annexation, gradual incorporation, assimilation. These processes had regional features and occurred asynchronously. Within two centuries of missionaries’ activity in Siberia, violent Christianization methods have been replaced by tactics of tolerance and enlightenment while preserving the monopoly of the Russian Orthodox Church. Unfortunately, the modern concept of the activity of the diocesan mission department shows that the Russian Orthodox Church has not taken into account the historical experience of the missionaries of the past

Pages
1188-1210
Paper at repository of SibFU
https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/71913

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