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Reliģiski-filozofiski raksti , 2021
The paper examines the Central Anti-Religious Museum (CAM) in Moscow in 1926-1947 and its activit... more The paper examines the Central Anti-Religious Museum (CAM) in Moscow in 1926-1947 and its activities on the anti-religious propaganda and the study of religion. It was was established by a resolution of the Central Committee of the Russian Communist Party (VKPb) and became the first anti-religious museum in the USSR. Being recognized as a Research Institution of National Importance by the Council of People's Commissars in 1934 the Museum performed a variety of important functions on aggregating data about provincial museums, developing guidelines on methodology of anti-religious museum work, organizing field works and study of religious practices of the USSR ethnic groups. As a result, by the late 1930s, the Museum developed from anti-religious propaganda establishment into research center and was renamed the Central Museum of the History of Religion and Atheism.
The study focuses on the activities of the Central Anti-Religious Museum (CAM) in Moscow-an issue... more The study focuses on the activities of the Central Anti-Religious Museum (CAM) in Moscow-an issue previously overlooked by historians. The article considers different aspects of its work during the brief period from 1929 to 1947 relating to the establishment and closure of the museum as well as provides an overview of the key areas of its collection, expedition, research and exhibition work. The article also follows
The article is aimed at reviewing the archival materials of the prominent Russian specialist in C... more The article is aimed at reviewing the archival materials of the prominent Russian specialist in Caucasian studies Evgeniy Mikhailovich Shilling (1892—1953) that are currently stored in the Scientific and Historical Archive of the State Museum of the History of Religion. In total they represent a complete block of field observations made by the researcher during his trips to the Caucasus in 1929—1940. These observations were aimed at registering the current state of religiosity of the peoples of Dagestan, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Nagorny Karabakh. They also shed light on a new page of the life of this remarkable scholar connected to his collaboration with the Central Anti-Religious Museum in Moscow, and to the period of his expeditionary activity — 1930s. Unlike his expeditionary period of 1940s, the previous decade of his activities has not become the subject of the thorough study till now.
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](Online resource: http://relstud-hist.spbu.ru/en, 2016
In the frames of the research project of the Russian Research Foundation 16-18-10083 ‘Studying Re... more In the frames of the research project of the Russian Research Foundation 16-18-10083 ‘Studying Religion in the Social and Cultural Context of the Epoch: the History of Religious Studies and Intellectual History of Russia of the Nineteenth — the First Half of the Twentieth Centuries’, the group of authors made an attempt to present the most outstanding scholars of the both trends, studying religion in Russia in the eighteen — the first half of the twentieth centuries, and their most significant works.
It is supposed, that the online resource will be completed; at the moment it tells about 300 scholars working in the field of religious studies, who were born before 1917.
Издание подготовлено при поддержке гранта Российского научного фонда № 16-18-10083 «Изучение рели... more Издание подготовлено при поддержке гранта Российского научного фонда № 16-18-10083 «Изучение религии в социокультурном контексте эпохи: история религиоведения и интеллектуальная история России XIX -первой половины XX в.».
Издание подготовлено при поддержке гранта Российского научного фонда № 16-18-10083 «Изучение рели... more Издание подготовлено при поддержке гранта Российского научного фонда № 16-18-10083 «Изучение религии в социокультурном контексте эпохи: история религиоведения и интеллектуальная история России XIX -первой половины XX в.».
This article reveals the character of the responsibilities held by offi‑ cials of the Department ... more This article reveals the character of the responsibilities held by offi‑ cials of the Department for the Spiritual Affairs of Foreign Confes‑ sions concerning the control of the religious life of the country and its legal regulation, using early, unpublished documentary materials from the Russian State Historical Archive, specifically those concern‑ ing the departmental duties of officials V.V. Vashkevich (1865–1902) and S.D. Bondarʹ (1902–1917). These files contain a comprehensive collection of information based on both regular reports and answers to official requests in various departments and provinces of Russian Empire, and on data relating to frequent instances of official travel. This information allowed officials to analyze data about the current condition of non‑Orthodox churches, religious organizations and mi‑ nority religious groups, to draw conclusions about the particulars of Russian confessional legislation, to identify practical difficulties in ap‑ plying such legislation, and to conduct investigations. The results of these investigations were reflected in numerous publications devoted to historical, sociological, and anthropological questions.
Терюкова Е.А., Тугаринов П.А.
The paper examines explanatory notes written by the Chinese mentors (xiansheng 先生) for the popula... more The paper examines explanatory notes written by the Chinese mentors (xiansheng 先生) for the popular prints nianhua年畫collected by the Russian sinologist Vasily Alexeev (1881–1951) during his studies in China in 1906–1909. The studied portion of the noted is stored in the archives of the State Museum of History of Religion (Saint-Petersburg). These commentators possess higher or lower level of learning in Confucian classics and traditional literature; some of them are industry insiders with good knowledge of pictures' meanings. The paper views their notes as a representation of 'the greater culture' evaluation or commenting on 'the minor culture' of the popular prints. Closer reading of the mentors' notes reveals their intention to show off rudimentary knowledge of the classics, which is not always relevant to the content or questions raised by V. Alekseev.
The article presents the result of the joint Russian-Taiwanese research project at the Research H... more The article presents the result of the joint Russian-Taiwanese research project at the Research Historical Archive of the State Museum of the History of Religion (RHA SMHR) on the archives of prominent Russian sinologist academician V. M. Alekseev (1881—1951). Manuscripts from the Archive identified as belonging to V. M. Alekseev have not been studied and published before. Their research resulted in the systematization and description of V. M. Alekseev's materials. For instance, it has been discovered that V. M. Alekseev's archives at SMHR include fragmented handwritten and typed materials in Chinese, Uighur, Russian, and English dated to 1907—1940s that have undergone preliminary classification by the academician himself. The analysis of the manuscripts demonstrates that two categories of documents have the greatest potential for further research: so called “Chinese diary” kept by the scholar during his expedition around North China and written explanations of Chinese popular woodblock prints nianhua provided by Alekseev's mentors xiangshengs.
The History of the Book Collection of the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society in 1917–1954 The ar... more The History of the Book Collection of the Imperial Orthodox
Palestine Society in 1917–1954
The article is devoted to the history of the transfer of the book collection of the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society (founded in 1887) to the academic Library of the State Museum of History of Religion. The authors managed to trace the fate of the collection by gathering documents in archives (Moscow RAS Archive, St. Petersburg branch of the RAS Archive, the archive of the Institute of History of the Material Culture, the Orientalists' Archive of the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts). Published documents allow to reconstruct main stages of the history of the transfer of the book collection (1920–1954), as well as to trace the dynamics of its qualitative and quantitative composition.
Keywords: Imperial Orthodox Palestinian Society, intellectual history, history of science, history of libraries
Reliģiski-filozofiski raksti , 2021
The paper examines the Central Anti-Religious Museum (CAM) in Moscow in 1926-1947 and its activit... more The paper examines the Central Anti-Religious Museum (CAM) in Moscow in 1926-1947 and its activities on the anti-religious propaganda and the study of religion. It was was established by a resolution of the Central Committee of the Russian Communist Party (VKPb) and became the first anti-religious museum in the USSR. Being recognized as a Research Institution of National Importance by the Council of People's Commissars in 1934 the Museum performed a variety of important functions on aggregating data about provincial museums, developing guidelines on methodology of anti-religious museum work, organizing field works and study of religious practices of the USSR ethnic groups. As a result, by the late 1930s, the Museum developed from anti-religious propaganda establishment into research center and was renamed the Central Museum of the History of Religion and Atheism.
The study focuses on the activities of the Central Anti-Religious Museum (CAM) in Moscow-an issue... more The study focuses on the activities of the Central Anti-Religious Museum (CAM) in Moscow-an issue previously overlooked by historians. The article considers different aspects of its work during the brief period from 1929 to 1947 relating to the establishment and closure of the museum as well as provides an overview of the key areas of its collection, expedition, research and exhibition work. The article also follows
The article is aimed at reviewing the archival materials of the prominent Russian specialist in C... more The article is aimed at reviewing the archival materials of the prominent Russian specialist in Caucasian studies Evgeniy Mikhailovich Shilling (1892—1953) that are currently stored in the Scientific and Historical Archive of the State Museum of the History of Religion. In total they represent a complete block of field observations made by the researcher during his trips to the Caucasus in 1929—1940. These observations were aimed at registering the current state of religiosity of the peoples of Dagestan, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Nagorny Karabakh. They also shed light on a new page of the life of this remarkable scholar connected to his collaboration with the Central Anti-Religious Museum in Moscow, and to the period of his expeditionary activity — 1930s. Unlike his expeditionary period of 1940s, the previous decade of his activities has not become the subject of the thorough study till now.
Online resource: http://relstud-hist.spbu.ru/en, 2016
In the frames of the research project of the Russian Research Foundation 16-18-10083 ‘Studying Re... more In the frames of the research project of the Russian Research Foundation 16-18-10083 ‘Studying Religion in the Social and Cultural Context of the Epoch: the History of Religious Studies and Intellectual History of Russia of the Nineteenth — the First Half of the Twentieth Centuries’, the group of authors made an attempt to present the most outstanding scholars of the both trends, studying religion in Russia in the eighteen — the first half of the twentieth centuries, and their most significant works.
It is supposed, that the online resource will be completed; at the moment it tells about 300 scholars working in the field of religious studies, who were born before 1917.
Издание подготовлено при поддержке гранта Российского научного фонда № 16-18-10083 «Изучение рели... more Издание подготовлено при поддержке гранта Российского научного фонда № 16-18-10083 «Изучение религии в социокультурном контексте эпохи: история религиоведения и интеллектуальная история России XIX -первой половины XX в.».
Издание подготовлено при поддержке гранта Российского научного фонда № 16-18-10083 «Изучение рели... more Издание подготовлено при поддержке гранта Российского научного фонда № 16-18-10083 «Изучение религии в социокультурном контексте эпохи: история религиоведения и интеллектуальная история России XIX -первой половины XX в.».
This article reveals the character of the responsibilities held by offi‑ cials of the Department ... more This article reveals the character of the responsibilities held by offi‑ cials of the Department for the Spiritual Affairs of Foreign Confes‑ sions concerning the control of the religious life of the country and its legal regulation, using early, unpublished documentary materials from the Russian State Historical Archive, specifically those concern‑ ing the departmental duties of officials V.V. Vashkevich (1865–1902) and S.D. Bondarʹ (1902–1917). These files contain a comprehensive collection of information based on both regular reports and answers to official requests in various departments and provinces of Russian Empire, and on data relating to frequent instances of official travel. This information allowed officials to analyze data about the current condition of non‑Orthodox churches, religious organizations and mi‑ nority religious groups, to draw conclusions about the particulars of Russian confessional legislation, to identify practical difficulties in ap‑ plying such legislation, and to conduct investigations. The results of these investigations were reflected in numerous publications devoted to historical, sociological, and anthropological questions.
Терюкова Е.А., Тугаринов П.А.
The paper examines explanatory notes written by the Chinese mentors (xiansheng 先生) for the popula... more The paper examines explanatory notes written by the Chinese mentors (xiansheng 先生) for the popular prints nianhua年畫collected by the Russian sinologist Vasily Alexeev (1881–1951) during his studies in China in 1906–1909. The studied portion of the noted is stored in the archives of the State Museum of History of Religion (Saint-Petersburg). These commentators possess higher or lower level of learning in Confucian classics and traditional literature; some of them are industry insiders with good knowledge of pictures' meanings. The paper views their notes as a representation of 'the greater culture' evaluation or commenting on 'the minor culture' of the popular prints. Closer reading of the mentors' notes reveals their intention to show off rudimentary knowledge of the classics, which is not always relevant to the content or questions raised by V. Alekseev.
The article presents the result of the joint Russian-Taiwanese research project at the Research H... more The article presents the result of the joint Russian-Taiwanese research project at the Research Historical Archive of the State Museum of the History of Religion (RHA SMHR) on the archives of prominent Russian sinologist academician V. M. Alekseev (1881—1951). Manuscripts from the Archive identified as belonging to V. M. Alekseev have not been studied and published before. Their research resulted in the systematization and description of V. M. Alekseev's materials. For instance, it has been discovered that V. M. Alekseev's archives at SMHR include fragmented handwritten and typed materials in Chinese, Uighur, Russian, and English dated to 1907—1940s that have undergone preliminary classification by the academician himself. The analysis of the manuscripts demonstrates that two categories of documents have the greatest potential for further research: so called “Chinese diary” kept by the scholar during his expedition around North China and written explanations of Chinese popular woodblock prints nianhua provided by Alekseev's mentors xiangshengs.
The History of the Book Collection of the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society in 1917–1954 The ar... more The History of the Book Collection of the Imperial Orthodox
Palestine Society in 1917–1954
The article is devoted to the history of the transfer of the book collection of the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society (founded in 1887) to the academic Library of the State Museum of History of Religion. The authors managed to trace the fate of the collection by gathering documents in archives (Moscow RAS Archive, St. Petersburg branch of the RAS Archive, the archive of the Institute of History of the Material Culture, the Orientalists' Archive of the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts). Published documents allow to reconstruct main stages of the history of the transfer of the book collection (1920–1954), as well as to trace the dynamics of its qualitative and quantitative composition.
Keywords: Imperial Orthodox Palestinian Society, intellectual history, history of science, history of libraries
В этом году конференции приурочена к 85-летию Музея, ее тема - «Наука о религии в интеллектуально... more В этом году конференции приурочена к 85-летию Музея, ее тема - «Наука о религии в интеллектуальной истории России: труды, открытия, судьбы».
The State Museum of the History of Religion (Saint Petersburg, Russia) Institute of Oriental Manu... more The State Museum of the History of Religion (Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Mazu Culture Research Center, National Chung Cheng University (Chiayi, Taiwan)
With support of the Cultural Division of the Representative Office in Moscow for the Moscow-Taipei Coordination Commission on Economic and Cultural Cooperation
29 - 30 June 2017, Saint-Petersburg
International Conference
«Folk Images and Late Imperial China»