Orthodox religiosity of Mansi living in the Northern Urals in the ethnographic and missionary sources of the second half of the XIX – beginning of the XX centuries
English
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History, ethnography, archeology
About author:
Applicant for degree of candidate of historical sciences Research associate of Shchadrinsk local history museum named after V.P. Biryukov Ural federal university, Institute of Humanities and Arts, department «Historical faculty»,archeology and ethnology chair
Yekaterinburg, Russia
Abstract. The article considers the pre-revolutionary ethnographic descriptions of Mansi living in the Northern Urals and publications concerning missionary activity of the Russian Orthodox Church in Verhoturye district of the Perm province. A review of the most famous and interesting ethnographic sources from the author’s point of view contains a brief analysis of the religious traditions of Northern Urals Mansi formed under the influence of Christianity. Missionaries’ publications expand understanding of the mentioned religious traditions and disclose its content in a particular historical context. The overall goal of analysis of the sources is to determine the condition of the Orthodox religiosity of Mansi in the second half of the XIX – beginning of the XX centuries.
Abstract. The article considers the pre-revolutionary ethnographic descriptions of Mansi living in the Northern Urals and publications concerning missionary activity of the Russian Orthodox Church in Verhoturye district of the Perm province. A review of the most famous and interesting ethnographic sources from the author’s point of view contains a brief analysis of the religious traditions of Northern Urals Mansi formed under the influence of Christianity. Missionaries’ publications expand understanding of the mentioned religious traditions and disclose its content in a particular historical context. The overall goal of analysis of the sources is to determine the condition of the Orthodox religiosity of Mansi in the second half of the XIX – beginning of the XX centuries.
Keywords: mansi, Orthodox religiosity, religious syncretism, Orthodox mission.
