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E-mail: alstorozhenko@yandex.ru
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PhD in History, Associate Professor, Department of Russian History, Tuvan State University
MARGARITA P. TATARINTSEVA
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2118-1926
E-mail: margotatar@mail.ru
Tеl.: +7 (394) 222-38-38
36, Lenin str., Kyzyl, 667000, Russian Federation
PhD in Philology, Associate Professor, Department of Russian Language and Literature, Tuvan State University
This paper is supported by a grant from the Foundation for Basic Research, project No. 18–09–00723 “Old Believer’s Yenisei meridian: maintenance and development of tradition in conditions of boreal forest hermitages and villages”.
Using archival and printed sources, including literary ones, as well as their own field materials, the authors of this article trace the hundred-year history of Upper Yenisei monasteries (sketes) whose official birth date is considered to be the year 1917. They examine the changes that took place in the monasteries during the turbulent 20th century, the role of spiritual leaders in the consolidation of Old Believer communities of the Upper Yenisey River, and the preservation of traditional customs and rituals (as well strong belief) by local Old Believers of the Chapel Community (Chasovennoe soglasie). Special attention is paid to the close cooperation between inhabitants of monasteries and local residents, as well to the popularity of eremitic settlements. The authors attempt to explain the reasons for the demise of Upper Yenisei monasteries and the relocation of a small number of their remaining nuns to Dubches, and they also suggest possible consequences of this event.
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